#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Time-stamp: "2024-11-02 04:04:31 (ywatanabe)"
# File: ./scitex_repo/src/scitex/str/_squeeze_space.py
import re
[docs]
def squeeze_spaces(string, pattern=" +", repl=" "):
"""Replace multiple occurrences of a pattern in a string with a single replacement.
Parameters
----------
string : str
The input string to be processed.
pattern : str, optional
The regular expression pattern to match (default is " +", which matches one or more spaces).
repl : str or callable, optional
The replacement string or function (default is " ", a single space).
Returns
-------
str
The processed string with pattern occurrences replaced.
Example
-------
>>> squeeze_spaces("Hello world")
'Hello world'
>>> squeeze_spaces("a---b--c-d", pattern="-+", repl="-")
'a-b-c-d'
"""
return re.sub(pattern, repl, string)
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