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Normalise Whitespace

    

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class Main{

    public static String normaliseWhitespace(String string) {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(string.length());

        boolean lastWasWhite = false;
        boolean modified = false;

        int l = string.length();
        for (int i = 0; i < l; i++) {
            int c = string.codePointAt(i);
            if (Character.isWhitespace(c)) {
                if (lastWasWhite) {
                    modified = true;
                    continue;
                }
                if (c != ' ')
                    modified = true;
                sb.append(' ');
                lastWasWhite = true;
            }
            else {
                sb.appendCodePoint(c);
                lastWasWhite = false;
            }
        }
        return modified ? sb.toString() : string;
    }

}

   
    
    
    
  








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