whitespace-normalizer 2025.9.14911

import re def compress_whitespace(text: str) -> str: """ Collapse runs of spaces/tabs to a single space on each line, trim traili…

whitespace_normalizer

whitespace_normalizer is a Python package designed to clean and standardize whitespace within text. It collapses multiple spaces and tabs into single spaces on each line, trims trailing whitespace, and removes entirely blank lines.

Installation

To install whitespace_normalizer, use pip:

pip install whitespace_normalizer

Usage

Using whitespace_normalizer is straightforward. Import the normalize_whitespace function and pass your string to it.

from whitespace_normalizer import normalize_whitespace

text_with_messy_whitespace = """
This is a   string   with
extra     spaces.

And some
trailing whitespace.   
"""

cleaned_text = normalize_whitespace(text_with_messy_whitespace)
print(cleaned_text)

This will output:

This is a string with
extra spaces.
And some
trailing whitespace.

Features

• Collapses consecutive spaces and tabs into a single space per line.
• Removes trailing whitespace from each line.
• Eliminates empty lines from the text.

Contributing

Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome! Feel free to check the issues page.

License

whitespace_normalizer is licensed under the MIT License.

Author

Eugene Evstafev

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Repository

https://github.com/chigwell/whitespace_normalizer