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How can I trim a string in JavaScript?
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Question:
I need to trim a string from white space at the front and end. How can I do that elegantly?Answer:
Add the following string prototype function to your code. You will call it like predefined String member functions (suchas indexOf(), charAt() and Substring().
The code below shows the function declaration and how to use it.
This implementation of a trim() function uses two regular expressions to first replace the white space at the begiinning,
then the white space at the end of the string. White space in regular expressions is described as \s.
The beginning of the string is matched by ^ (see the first regex) and the end is matched by $ - in the second regex.
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// implementing a trim function for strings in javascript <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> <!-- String.prototype.trim = function () { return this.replace(/^\s*/, "").replace(/\s*$/, ""); } var s = new String(" Hello "); // use it like this s=s.trim(); alert("!" + s + "!"); // end hiding contents --> </script> | ||
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function trim(s)
{ var l=0; var r=s.length -1; while(l < s.length && s[l] == ' ') { l++; } while(r > l && s[r] == ' ') { r-=1; } return s.substring(l, r+1); } | ||
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for the code mentioned by [hidden] from Pakistan, i had seen that s[l] is actually undefined and it does not give any valid character if we use s[l] .
so better use the following code: function trimAll(sString) { while (sString.substring(0,1) == ' ') { sString = sString.substring(1, sString.length); } while (sString.substring(sString.length-1, sString.length) == ' ') { sString = sString.substring(0,sString.length-1); } return sString; } -Afzal Aziz | ||
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The funtions did not work, but thank you for the replace function, it helped me to remove the end of string white space in my ajax.
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Thanks for giving this trim function
Raviiiii...... | ||
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GOOOODDD
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Cool
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Great function !!!! Just copied, pasted and used it. THANKS !!!
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Very helpful, thaks..
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Gr8 compact function thanks
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