Regex to replace multiple spaces with a single space

Question

Given a string like:

\"The dog      has a long   tail, and it     is RED!\"

What kind of jQuery or JavaScript magic can be used to keep spaces to only o

Answer 1

var string = "The dog      has a long   tail, and it     is RED!";
var replaced = string.replace(/ +/g, " ");

Or if you also want to replace tabs:

var replaced = string.replace(/\s+/g, " ");