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---
title: Compact whitespaces
tags: string,regexp
expertise: beginner
cover: blog_images/travel-mug-1.jpg
firstSeen: 2018-12-12T19:11:33+02:00
lastUpdated: 2020-10-18T23:04:45+03:00
---
Compacts whitespaces in a string.
- Use `String.prototype.replace()` with a regular expression to replace all occurrences of 2 or more whitespace characters with a single space.
```js
const compactWhitespace = str => str.replace(/\s{2,}/g, ' ');
```
```js
compactWhitespace('Lorem Ipsum'); // 'Lorem Ipsum'
compactWhitespace('Lorem \n Ipsum'); // 'Lorem Ipsum'
```