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VB.NET - Regex - Need to replace all occurances of Multiple Space Chars with one space

Hi.

I need to replace multiple consecutive space characters with a single space character.

For example:

"A    B     C      " becomes:  "A B C "

"   A  B C                 D"   becomes  " A B C D"

Any tips?

Thanks
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try this:
Dim TestString as String = "A    B     C      "
TestString = TestString.Replace("  ", " ")
 
Dim TestrString2 as String = "   A  B C                 D"
TestString2 = TestString2.Replace("  "," ")

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Here's what I came up with that uses josgood's solution

StrippedResults = System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Replace(StrippedResults, "([ |\n|\t|\f][ |\n|\t|\f]+)|([\n]{1})", " ")

It does the following:
        'This replaces all multiple occurances of spaces,tabs,line breaks, form feeds with a single space
        'It also replaces single line breaks with a space