str_rm_blank_space: Remove and replace excess white space from strings.

In textTools: Functions for Text Cleansing and Text Analysis

Description

Remove and replace excess white space from strings.

Usage

str_rm_blank_space(x, replacement = " ")

Arguments

x	A vector or string.
replacement,	A string to replace the blank space with, defaults to " ", which replaces excess space with a single space.

Value

x, with extra white space removed/replaced.

Examples

str_rm_blank_space(c("this     is   a test.  ", "    will it    work? "))

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