最简单的解决方案!

a = 'The   fox jumped   over    the log.'
while '  ' in a: a = a.replace('  ', ' ')
print(a)

输出:

The fox jumped over the log.

另一个选择:

>>> import re
>>> str = 'this is a            string with    multiple spaces and    tabs'
>>> str = re.sub('[ \t]+' , ' ', str)
>>> print str
this is a string with multiple spaces and tabs

我尝试过下面的方法，它甚至适用于极端的情况，比如:

str1='          I   live    on    earth           '

' '.join(str1.split())

但如果你更喜欢正则表达式，它可以这样做:

re.sub('\s+', ' ', str1)

尽管必须进行一些预处理以删除尾随和结束空格。

类似于前面的解决方案，但更具体:用一个空格替换两个或多个空格:

>>> import re
>>> s = "The   fox jumped   over    the log."
>>> re.sub('\s{2,}', ' ', s)
'The fox jumped over the log.'

def unPretty(S):
   # Given a dictionary, JSON, list, float, int, or even a string...
   # return a string stripped of CR, LF replaced by space, with multiple spaces reduced to one.
   return ' '.join(str(S).replace('\n', ' ').replace('\r', '').split())

>>> import re
>>> re.sub(' +', ' ', 'The     quick brown    fox')
'The quick brown fox'