Substitute multiple whitespace with single whitespace in Python [duplicate]

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A simple possibility (if you’d rather avoid REs) is

' '.join(mystring.split())

The split and join perform the task you’re explicitly asking about — plus, they also do the extra one that you don’t talk about but is seen in your example, removing trailing spaces;-).

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