Remove whitespaces inside a string in javascript

javascript html trim
Hernán Eche picture Hernán Eche · May 29, 2012 · Viewed 193.7k times · Source

I've read this question about javascript trim, with a regex answer.

Then I expect trim to remove the inner space between Hello and World. 

function myFunction() {
    alert("Hello World ".trim());
}

EDITED

Why I expected that!?

Nonsense! Obviously trim doesn't remove inner spaces!, only leading and trailing ones, that's how trim works, then this was a very wrong question, my apologies.

Answer

Henrik Andersson picture Henrik Andersson · May 29, 2012

For space-character removal use

"hello world".replace(/\s/g, "");

for all white space use the suggestion by Rocket in the comments below!

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