OCA/l10n-italy

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import re

# compiled reg expression for whitespace characters substitution
reg_whitespace = re.compile(r'\s+')


def encode_for_export(string_to_encode, max_chars, encoding='latin'):
    return reg_whitespace.sub(' ', string_to_encode).encode(
        encoding, errors='replace').decode(encoding)[:max_chars]