Is there a simple way to remove multiple spaces in a string?

Question

Suppose this string:

The   fox jumped   over    the log.

Turning into:

Answer 1

This does and will do: :)

# python... 3.x
import operator
...
# line: line of text
return " ".join(filter(lambda a: operator.is_not(a, ""), line.strip().split(" ")))