"Malcolm Greene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >
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