That only works for one space at each end...

OK the final expression, which works properly is:

/^\s*|\s*$/g;

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Scott [mailto:chris@e...]
Sent: 01 May 2002 13:10
To: javascript
Subject: [javascript] RE: JavaScript 'trim' equivalent


> which strips the leading spaces regardless of wether or not there are
> trailing spaces.  Still doesn't trim the trailing spaces though...

This does...

function trim(string)
{
var re= /^\s|\s$/g;
return string.replace(re,"");
}




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