trim string in javascript

[Jon Kelling]

for all your javascript trimming needs...

function trim(inputString) {
if (typeof inputString != "string") return inputString;
return inputString
//clear leading spaces and empty lines
.replace(/^(\s|\n|\r)*((.|\n|\r)*?)(\s|\n|\r)*$/g,"$2")

//take consecutive spaces down to one
.replace(/(\s(?!(\n|\r))(?=\s))+/g,"")

//take consecutive lines breaks down to one
.replace(/(\n|\r)+/g,"\n\r")

//remove spacing at the beginning of a line
.replace(/(\n|\r)\s/g,"$1")

//remove spacing at the end of a line
.replace(/\s(\n|\r)/g,"$1");
}

-- Jon

[Michael Winter]

On 6 May 2004 07:48:53 -0700, Jon Kelling <sk******@mac.com> wrote:

[snip]

//clear leading spaces and empty lines
.replace(/^(\s|\n|\r)*((.|\n|\r)*?)(\s|\n|\r)*$/g,"$2")
Clears leading spaces, but not empty lines.
//take consecutive spaces down to one
.replace(/(\s(?!(\n|\r))(?=\s))+/g,"")
That does work, but will only do so in browsers that support look-ahead
assertions.
//take consecutive lines breaks down to one
.replace(/(\n|\r)+/g,"\n\r")
That works.
//remove spacing at the beginning of a line
.replace(/(\n|\r)\s/g,"$1")

//remove spacing at the end of a line
.replace(/\s(\n|\r)/g,"$1");

These two don't work.

It's clear that you haven't read the group FAQ. I suggest you do.

<URL:http://jibbering.com/faq/>

Mike

--
Michael Winter
M.******@blueyonder.co.invalid (replace ".invalid" with ".uk" to reply)

[Dominique]

String.prototype.trim = function() {
return this.replace(/(^\s*)|(\s*$)/g, "");
}
and you call it like so:

strVal = strVal.trim()
cheers!
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for all your javascript trimming needs...

function trim(inputString) {
if (typeof inputString != "string") return inputString;
return inputString
//clear leading spaces and empty lines
.replace(/^(\s|\n|\r)*((.|\n|\r)*?)(\s|\n|\r)*$/g,"$2")

//take consecutive spaces down to one
.replace(/(\s(?!(\n|\r))(?=\s))+/g,"")

//take consecutive lines breaks down to one
.replace(/(\n|\r)+/g,"\n\r")

//remove spacing at the beginning of a line
.replace(/(\n|\r)\s/g,"$1")

//remove spacing at the end of a line
.replace(/\s(\n|\r)/g,"$1");
}

-- Jon

[Jon Kelling]

I wrote my patterns quick under the idea that ^ and $ may match the end
of any line as opposed to the entire string input in some cases. Without
the time at work to dedicate to testing in all cases, I felt it safe to
use (.|\n|\r) in the middle to account for that (rendering the last
group fairly useless, but oh well). The rest of the patterns i wrote
quickly to cleanup any unnecessary data that I don't want to be storing,
worked for me, and thought I would include them on here. If the above
scenario is not a problem for all multiline input strings given
different browsers and especially platforms, it would be cool to have
confirmation on that, otherwise, it works fine for me.

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