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Replies for: You could try something like, input.replace(/\s+\s/g, " ") to replace all multiple spaces with a single space.

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Nikema •

I ended up using this afterall!

const normalizeName = name => {
  return name
    .replace(/[,.;:!-?]/g, '')
    .toLowerCase()
    .replace(/\s+\s/g, ' ')
    .trim();
};