[Tutor] How to normalize/compress whitespace in a string?

[Alan Gauld]

"Malcolm Greene" <python at bdurham.com> wrote in message 
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> Any suggestions for how to normalize and compress whitespace in a
> string?
>
> By normalize I mean convert tabs and soft spaces (extended ascii 
> code
> 160) to spaces.
>
> By compress I mean replace all runs of 2 or more spaces (after the
> normalization step) to a single space.
>
> I know I can use regular expressions to accomplish the above, but
> thought that might be too heavy handed.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Malcolm
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