Regex To Remove Unnecessary Spaces In A String

A regular expression to match unnecessary whitespaces in a string (excluding spaces between words). Can be useful in removing all unexpected white spaces at the beginning or end of strings.

/^\s+|\s+$|\s+(?=\s)/

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Matches:

• RegexPattern<SPACE>
• <SPACE>RegexPattern

Non-matches:

• Regex<SPACE>Pattern

See Also:

• Regex To Match All Whitespace Except New Line
• Regular Expression To Match Whitespace
• Regex To Match Any Word In A String Excluding Spaces
• Regex To Match Whitespaces Between Words
• Regex To Match A String With No Whitespace At The Beginning And End
• Regex To Match Anything After The First Space In A String
• Regex To Match Everything Except Letters And Spaces