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// Returns a version of the input where all contiguous // whitespace characters are replaced with a single // space. Line terminators are treated like whitespace. public static CharSequence removeDuplicateWhitespace(CharSequence inputStr) { String patternStr = "\\s+"; String replaceStr = " "; Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(patternStr); Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(inputStr); return matcher.replaceAll(replaceStr); }