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How to Remove Duplicate Adjacent Spaces in Python

This Python function collapses any sequence of two or more adjacent spaces into a single space, preserving all other characters.

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def remove_duplicate_adjacent_spaces(text):
    """Replace sequences of 2+ spaces with a single space."""
    result = []
    prev_was_space = False
    for char in text:
        if char == " ":
            if not prev_was_space:
                result.append(char)
            prev_was_space = True
        else:
     …
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