## Instructions: Clean Up Extra Spaces with Regex

Text data often contains inconsistent spacing, such as multiple consecutive spaces between words. You need to write a function that uses regex substitution to convert any sequence of multiple spaces into a single space, making the text cleaner and easier to process.

- Use the `re` module for your solution;
- Replace every sequence of two or more consecutive spaces with a single space;
- Ensure the function returns the cleaned string.


import unittest
import user_code
import ast
import re   
import unittest
import importlib

class TestTask(unittest.TestCase):
    def test_basic_replacement(self):
        import user_code
        importlib.reload(user_code)
        input_text = "This    is   a    test."
        expected = "This is a test."
        result = user_code.normalize_spaces(input_text)
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            isinstance(result, str) and result == expected,
            "Correctly replaced multiple spaces with a single space.",
            f"Expected: '{expected}', got: '{result}'",
        )

    def test_no_extra_spaces(self):
        import user_code
        importlib.reload(user_code)
        input_text = "No extra spaces here."
        expected = "No extra spaces here."
        result = user_code.normalize_spaces(input_text)
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            isinstance(result, str) and result == expected,
            "Leaves single spaces untouched.",
            f"Expected: '{expected}', got: '{result}'",
        )

    def test_leading_and_trailing_spaces(self):
        import user_code
        importlib.reload(user_code)
        input_text = "   Leading and   trailing   spaces   "
        expected = " Leading and trailing spaces "
        result = user_code.normalize_spaces(input_text)
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            isinstance(result, str) and result == expected,
            "Handles leading and trailing spaces correctly.",
            f"Expected: '{expected}', got: '{result}'",
        )

    def test_only_spaces(self):
        import user_code
        importlib.reload(user_code)
        input_text = "      "
        expected = " "
        result = user_code.normalize_spaces(input_text)
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            isinstance(result, str) and result == expected,
            "Reduces all spaces to a single space.",
            f"Expected: '{expected}', got: '{result}'",
        )

    def test_empty_string(self):
        import user_code
        importlib.reload(user_code)
        input_text = ""
        expected = ""
        result = user_code.normalize_spaces(input_text)
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            isinstance(result, str) and result == expected,
            "Handles empty string input.",
            f"Expected: '{expected}', got: '{result}'",
        )

    def test_tabs_and_newlines_untouched(self):
        import user_code
        importlib.reload(user_code)
        input_text = "a\\t\\t  b\\n   c"
        expected = "a\\t\\t b\\n c"
        result = user_code.normalize_spaces(input_text)
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            isinstance(result, str) and result == expected,
            "Only spaces are replaced, not tabs or newlines.",
            f"Expected: '{expected}', got: '{result}'",
        )

def _dynamic_test(test_case, condition, success_message, failure_message):
    if condition:
        test_case._testMethodName = success_message
        test_case.assertTrue(True, success_message)
    else:
        test_case._testMethodName = failure_message
        test_case.fail(failure_message)

def normalize_text(text):
    text = text.lower()
    text = re.sub(r"\s{2,}", " ", text)
    text = re.sub(r"\s*([,:?])\s*", r"\1 ", text)
    return text.strip()

def change_var(code: str, var_name: str, value: str) -> str:
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    lines = code.splitlines()
    for i, node in enumerate(tree.body):
        if isinstance(node, ast.Assign):
            for target in node.targets:
                if isinstance(target, ast.Name) and target.id == var_name:
                    start_line = node.lineno - 1
                    line = lines[start_line]
                    indent = ' ' * (len(line) - len(line.lstrip()))
                    lines[start_line] = f"{indent}{var_name} = {value}"
                    next_line = len(lines)
                    for next_node in tree.body[i+1:]:
                        if hasattr(next_node, 'lineno'):
                            next_line = next_node.lineno - 1
                            break
                    if next_line > start_line + 1:
                        lines[start_line+1:next_line] = []
                    
                    return '\\n'.join(lines)
    return code

if __name__ == "__main__":
    unittest.main()


test_main.py

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Challenge: Replace Multiple Spaces with a Single Space

Instructions: Clean Up Extra Spaces with Regex

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Challenge: Replace Multiple Spaces with a Single Space

Instructions: Clean Up Extra Spaces with Regex

Solution