Htaccess file and redirection chaining

[Leftfield]

I logged into Google Search Console last night. For the umpteenth time, I received the message: "Fixes failed for Page indexing issues - Page with redirect."

I am trying to get non-www URLs and use the default htaccess file (trying to keep up with the updates).

Problem - Google scans the website URLs in this particular order, and chaining (which is The problem) via htaccess happens:

http://www.example.com -> https://www.example.com -> https://example.com

Fix: While I do not know how to write directives in the .htaccess, I spent hours to find a solution and finally succeeded.

    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !on [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\. [NC]
    RewriteRule ^ https://example.com%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L,NE]

However, as I mentioned, I'm unfamiliar with the .htaccess file, and I am 100% sure that this could be written with a wild card. So, on this occasion, by default, can we have an option to avoid chain redirections of URLs?

Edited May 8, 2024 by Leftfield
Changed 302 to 301 to clarify