<s>[INST] A simple way to remove multiple spaces in a string in Python Suppose this is the string:
The   fox jumped   over    the log.

It would result in:
The fox jumped over the log.

What is the simplest, 1-2 liner that can do this? Without splitting and going into lists...
 [/INST] foo is your string:
" ".join(foo.split())

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