Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2011 Peter Karich * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ public class Main { /** * remove more than two spaces or newlines */ public static String innerTrim(String str) { if (str.isEmpty()) return ""; StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); boolean previousSpace = false; for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++) { char c = str.charAt(i); if (c == ' ' || (int) c == 9 || c == '\n') { previousSpace = true; continue; } if (previousSpace) sb.append(' '); previousSpace = false; sb.append(c); } return sb.toString().trim(); } }