If you have multiple spaces inside a string in Java, how do you condense them into a single space between words? -

if string has multiple spaces between words:

the    cat         sat            on                     mat.

how make single space?

the cat sat on mat.

i tried didn't work:

mytext = mytext.trim().replace("  ", " ");

with regular expression:

mytext.trim().replaceall("\\s+", " ");

this reads: "trim text , replace occurrences of 1 or more 1 whitespace character (including tabs, line breaks, etc) 1 single whitespace"

see java.util.regex.pattern more details on java regular expressions:

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