33 lines
1.1 KiB
Python
33 lines
1.1 KiB
Python
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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
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# strutils.py --- Convenient string helpers
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# Copyright (C) 2020 Florent Rougon
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#
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# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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# (at your option) any later version.
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#
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# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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# GNU General Public License for more details.
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#
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# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
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# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
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# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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import re
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_simplifyString_cre = re.compile(r"[ \t\n\r]+")
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def simplify(s):
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"""Strip and replace every internal run of whitespace with a single space.
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In this case, “whitespace” is defined as anything matching the
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regular expression '[ \t\n\r]+'.
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"""
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return _simplifyString_cre.sub(" ", s.strip())
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