string-collapse-white-space

Replace chunks of whitespace with a single spaces

Install

This package is pure ESM. If you're not ready yet, install an older version of this program, 9.1.0 (npm i string-collapse-white-space@9.1.0).

``bash
npm i string-collapse-white-space
`

Quick Take

`js
import { strict as assert } from "assert";

import { collapse } from "string-collapse-white-space";

assert.equal(
collapse(" aaa bbb ccc dddd ").result,
"aaa bbb ccc dddd",
);

assert.equal(collapse(" \t\t\t aaa \t\t\t ").result, "aaa");

assert.equal(
collapse(" aaa bbb \n ccc ddd ", { trimLines: false }).result,
"aaa bbb \n ccc ddd",
);

assert.equal(
collapse(" aaa bbb \n ccc ddd ", { trimLines: true }).result,
"aaa bbb\nccc ddd",
);

// \xa0 is an unencoded non-breaking space:
assert.equal(
collapse(
" \xa0 aaa bbb \xa0 \n \xa0 ccc ddd \xa0 ",
{ trimLines: true, trimnbsp: true },
).result,
"aaa bbb\nccc ddd",
);
``

Documentation

Please visit codsen.com for a full description of the API.

Contributing

To report bugs or request features or assistance, raise an issue on GitHub.

Licence

MIT License

Copyright © 2010-2025 Roy Revelt and other contributors