Remove tab ('\t') from string javascript

Question

How can I remove tab from a any string on javascript?

when I get my string it comes as a buffer like this:

Answer 1

You need a regexp to replace all occurrences;

content = content.replace(/\t/g, '');

(g being the global flag)

/^\t+/ restricts to replacing leading tabs only, /^\s+/ includes any leading whitespace which is what you would need for "\t\t var" -> "var"

Update

You haven't said how the buffer is received & what type it is, my closest guess although its a strange thing to be receiving;

var test_buffer_array = "\x0d \x0a \x3c \x25 \x72 \x65 \x73 \x70 \x6f \x6e \x73 \x65 \x2e \x73 \x74 \x61 \x74 \x75 \x73 \x20".split(" ")

translate(test_buffer_array);

function translate(data) {
    var content = data.join("").replace(/^\t+/gm, '');
    print(content);
}

result: "<%response.status"