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

I know we have to use regex, but during an interview, I was asked to do WITHOUT USING REGEX.

@slightlytyler helped me in coming with the below approach.

const testStr = "I   LOVE    STACKOVERFLOW   LOL";

const removeSpaces = str  => {
  const chars = str.split('');
  const nextChars = chars.reduce(
    (acc, c) => {
      if (c === ' ') {
        const lastChar = acc[acc.length - 1];
        if (lastChar === ' ') {
          return acc;
        }
      }
      return [...acc, c];
    },
    [],
  );
  const nextStr = nextChars.join('');
  return nextStr
};

console.log(removeSpaces(testStr));