> $str =~ s/          / /i;
> $str =~ s/         / /i;
> $str =~ s/        / /i;
> $str =~ s/       / /i;
> $str =~ s/      / /i;
> $str =~ s/     / /i;
> $str =~ s/    / /i;
> $str =~ s/   / /i;
> $str =~ s/  / /i;

is the same as:

$str =~ s/\s{2,10}/ /;

Read perldoc perlre, especially the part about quantifiers. 

Peter

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