How can I remove extra white space in a string in JavaScript?

Question

How can I remove extra white space (i.e. more than one white space character in a row) from text in JavaScript?

E.g

match    the start using.
         


        

Answer 1

Just do,

var str = "match    the start using. Remove the extra space between match and the";
str = str.replace( /\s\s+/g, ' ' );