#!/usr/bin/env python

"""
text shaping functionality having to do with whitespace
"""

__all__ = ['normalize']

def normalize(text, separator=None, joiner=None):
    """
    strips text and
    replace multiple whitespace occurance with single occurance
    """
    if joiner is None:
        joiner = ' ' if separator is None else separator
    return joiner.join(text.strip().split(separator))