Function normalize

test/lint/lint-format-strings.py:50–62

Return a normalized version of string s with newlines, tabs and C style comments ("/* ... */") replaced with spaces. Multiple spaces are replaced with a single space. >>> normalize(" /* nothing */ foo\tfoo /* bar */ foo ") 'foo foo foo'

(s)

def normalize(s):
    """Return a normalized version of string s with newlines, tabs and C style comments ("/* ... */")
    replaced with spaces. Multiple spaces are replaced with a single space.

    >>> normalize("  /* nothing */   foo\tfoo  /* bar */  foo     ")
    'foo foo foo'
    """
    assert type(s) is str
    s = s.replace("\n", " ")
    s = s.replace("\t", " ")
    s = re.sub(r"/\*.*?\*/", " ", s)
    s = re.sub(" {2,}", " ", s)
    return s.strip()


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