input: from typing import List
  
  def eliminate_redundancies(function_code: str) -> str:
      """ Modifies an existing Python function to eliminate any redundancies by combining repeated statements.
      >>> eliminate_redundancies('''def just_me(name):
      ...     print("Hi, my name is "+name+".")
      ...     print("I am special and nothing else matters.")
      ...     print("What about you?")''')
      'def just_me(name):\\n    print(\\"Hi, my name is \\"+name+\\". I am special and nothing else matters.\\")\\n    print(\\"What about you?\\")'
      """
output:     lines = function_code.split('\n')
      new_lines = []
      i = 0
      while i < len(lines):
          if lines[i].strip().startswith('print('):
              combined_print = lines[i].strip()
              j = i + 1
              while j < len(lines) and lines[j].strip().startswith('print('):
                  combined_print += ' ' + lines[j].strip().split('print(')[1].split(')')[0]
                  j += 1
              new_lines.append(f"    print({combined_print.split('print(')[1].split(')')[0]})")
              i = j
          else:
              new_lines.append(lines[i])
              i += 1
      return '\n'.join(new_lines)