How do I replace multiple spaces with a single space in C#?

Question

How can I replace multiple spaces in a string with only one space in C#?

Example:

1 2 3  4    5

would be:

1 2 3 4 5         


        

Answer 1

Here is a slight modification on Nolonar original answer.

Checking if the character is not just a space, but any whitespace, use this:

It will replace any multiple whitespace character with a single space.

public static string FilterWhiteSpaces(string input)
{
    if (input == null)
        return string.Empty;

    var stringBuilder = new StringBuilder(input.Length);
    for (int i = 0; i < input.Length; i++)
    {
        char c = input[i];
        if (i == 0 || !char.IsWhiteSpace(c) || (char.IsWhiteSpace(c) && 
            !char.IsWhiteSpace(strValue[i - 1])))
            stringBuilder.Append(c);
    }
    return stringBuilder.ToString();
}