Try using String.replaceAll(), e.g., String x = "hello    world";
String y = x.replaceAll(" +", " ");

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On 7/22/05, klute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hello all,
> 
> my appologies for the OT. before i write this little
> util, is there such thing already present out there? I
> need to do something like:
> MyStringUtil.trimSubsequentOccurrences(String input,
> String pattern)
> 
> Example:
> 
> MyStringUtil.trimSubsequentOccurrences("it's a  good
>  day", " ") <- not multiple spaces between some of the
> words. and the output of the method will be "it's a
> good day" (no multiple subsequent spaces).
> 
> Best,
> James
> 
> 
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