S1 <- "\n3 5"
gsub("([^\n])(\\s{1})?", "\\1", S1)
gsub("([^\\\\n])(\\s{1})?", "\\1", S1, perl=TRUE)
# Removing newline, too
gsub("\n([^\n])(\\s{1})?", "\\1", S1)
gsub("\\n([^\n])(\\s{1})?", "\\1", S1)
gsub("\n([^\\\\n])(\\s{1})?", "\\1", S1, perl=TRUE)
gsub("\\n([^\\\\n])(\\s{1})?", "\\1", S1, perl=TRUE)
gsub("(?n)(.)(\\s{1})?", "\\1", S1)
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