#include <iostream>
#include <string>     // forget about char[] and char*: use string instead !  
#include <algorithm>  // for copy_if()
#include <iterator>   // for the back_inserter
using namespace std;
 
struct PTPStatus{
	int stepsRemoved;
}
 
string remove_extra_whitespaces(const string &input)
{
	std::string output;
	unique_copy (input.begin(), input.end(), back_insert_iterator<string>(output), [](char a,char b){ return isspace(a) && isspace(b);});  
	return output;
}
 
PTPStatus getPTPStatus(){
	string result = "stepsRemoved     1";
}
 
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    string input = "stepsRemoved     1";
    string output = remove_extra_whitespaces(input);
 
    cout<<output<<endl;
 
    return 0;
}
 

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