Removes all extra whitespace (multiple spaces or tabs) from a string - Java java.lang

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Description

Removes all extra whitespace (multiple spaces or tabs) from a string

Demo Code

/**/*  ww  w .j  a v  a2  s. c  om*/
 * Copyright (c) 2005-2006 Aptana, Inc.
 *
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 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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 */
//package com.java2s;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Removes all extra whitespace (multiple spaces or tabs) from a string
     * 
     * @param text
     *            The string to strip of '\n'
     * @return The string minus the whitespace
     */
    public static String stripWhitespace(String text) {
        if (text == null) {
            return null;
        }

        return text.replaceAll("\\s+", " "); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
    }
}

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