On Feb 6, 9:37 ¨Βν¬ Κυμιαξ Μεφιστοξ Όκυμ®®®ΐγοςετεγθ®ξετ®αυΎ χςοτεΊ
> Can't you use squeeze?

Best idea yet. Might as well use a built-in, rather than reinventing
one.

a.squeeze(" ")

Thanks for the reminder. I should review String#instance_methods every
once in a while. There's some good stuff there.