MediumText Processing

Extra Space Detector

Write a regex intended for use with .replace() to detect runs of two or more consecutive spaces in a string, so they could be collapsed down to a single space.

Your pattern

Sample text

'hello world' / 'hello world' / 'a b' / 'single space here' / ' leading'

Test cases

hello worldexpect match
hello worldexpect no match
a bexpect match
single space hereexpect no match
leadingexpect match
notrailing expect match