handle_emptyStrings.handle_emptyStrings

handle_emptyStrings.handle_emptyStrings(text)

Clean and normalize whitespace in text input.

This function removes leading and trailing whitespace and collapses all internal sequences of whitespace characters (spaces, tabs, newlines) into single spaces. This is particularly useful for cleaning free-text survey responses that may contain inconsistent formatting.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
text	str or None	The text string to clean. If None is provided, the function returns None.	required

Returns

Name	Type	Description
	str or None	The cleaned text with normalized whitespace. Returns None if input is None.

Raises

Name	Type	Description
	TypeError	If the input is not a string or None.

Examples

>>> handle_emptyStrings("  Hello   World  ")
'Hello World'

>>> handle_emptyStrings("Hello\n\nWorld")
'Hello World'

>>> handle_emptyStrings("Hello\t\tWorld")
'Hello World'

>>> handle_emptyStrings("   Multiple   spaces   between   words   ")
'Multiple spaces between words'

>>> handle_emptyStrings(None)
None

>>>handle_emptyStrings("")
''

>>> handle_emptyStrings("NoWhitespace")
'NoWhitespace'

>>> handle_emptyStrings(123)
Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
TypeError: Input must be a string or None, not int