what function will turn
this contains spacesinto
this contains spacesusing javascript?
I've tried the following, using similar SO questions, but could not get this to work.
var string = " this contains spaces ";
newString = string.replace(/\s+/g,''); // "thiscontainsspaces"
newString = string.replace(/ +/g,''); //"thiscontainsspaces"
You're close.
Remember that replace
replaces the found text with the second argument. So:
newString = string.replace(/\s+/g,''); // "thiscontainsspaces"
Finds any number of sequential spaces and removes them. Try replacing them with a single space instead!
newString = string.replace(/\s+/g,' ').trim();