Is there a simple way to remove multiple spaces in a string?

Question

Suppose this string:

The   fox jumped   over    the log.

Turning into:

Answer 1

One line of code to remove all extra spaces before, after, and within a sentence:

sentence = "  The   fox jumped   over    the log.  "
sentence = ' '.join(filter(None,sentence.split(' ')))

Explanation:

1. Split the entire string into a list.
2. Filter empty elements from the list.
3. Rejoin the remaining elements* with a single space

*The remaining elements should be words or words with punctuations, etc. I did not test this extensively, but this should be a good starting point. All the best!