squeeze_vs_gsub.rb

# encoding: utf-8

require 'benchmark'

str = '       Emre     Can     Yılmaz                  '

squeeze_result = Benchmark.measure do
  1.upto(1_000_000) { str.squeeze(' ').strip  }
end

gsub_result = Benchmark.measure do
  1.upto(1_000_000) { str.gsub('/\s+/', ' ').strip  }
end

p squeeze_result.to_s

p gsub_result.to_s