How do I replace multiple spaces with a single space in C#?

Question

How can I replace multiple spaces in a string with only one space in C#?

Example:

1 2 3  4    5

would be:

1 2 3 4 5         


        

Answer 1

Mix of StringBuilder and Enumerable.Aggregate() as extension method for strings:

using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

public static class StringExtension
{
    public static string StripSpaces(this string s)
    {
        return s.Aggregate(new StringBuilder(), (acc, c) =>
        {
            if (c != ' ' || acc.Length > 0 && acc[acc.Length-1] != ' ')
                acc.Append(c);

            return acc;
        }).ToString();
    }

    public static void Main()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("\"" + StringExtension.StripSpaces("1   Hello       World  2   ") + "\"");
    }
}

Input:

"1   Hello       World  2   "

Output:

"1 Hello World 2 "