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  1. import re
  2. s = 'I love   to eat    cake'
  3. print( re.sub(r'\s{2,}', lambda x: '-' * len(x.group()), s) )
Success #stdin #stdout 0.03s 9364KB
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I love---to eat----cake
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Python 3 (python  3.12)
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4 years ago
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