Question

How to replace multiple spaces in a string with a single space between words in Go

Answer 1

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "regexp"
    "strings"
)

func replaceMultipleSpaces(str string) string {
    // Use a regular expression to replace multiple spaces with a single space
    re := regexp.MustCompile(`\s+`)
    result := re.ReplaceAllString(str, " ")

    // Trim leading and trailing spaces
    return strings.TrimSpace(result)
}

func main() {
    str := "   This   is    a   string   with   multiple    spaces   "
    output := replaceMultipleSpaces(str)

    fmt.Printf("\"%s\"\n", output)
}



/*
run:

"This is a string with multiple spaces"

*/

 

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