Simple way to remove multiple spaces in a string?

Question

Suppose this is the string:

The   fox jumped   over    the log.

​​​​​​It would result in:

The fox jumped over the log.

What is the simplest, 1-2 liner that can do this? Without splitting and going into lists...

Answer 1

Try as shown below:

>>> import re

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

'The quick brown fox'