Trim spaces from start and end of string

Question

I am trying to find a way to trim spaces from the start and end of the title string. I was using this, but it doesn\'t seem to be working:

title = title.repl         


        

Answer 1

Here is my current code, the 2nd line works if I comment the 3rd line, but don't work if I leave it how it is.

var page_title = $(this).val().replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9\s]/g, '');
page_title = page_title.replace(/^\s\s*/, '').replace(/\s\s*$/, '');
page_title = page_title.replace(/([\s]+)/g, '-');

Answer 2

a recursive try for this

function t(k){ 
    if (k[0]==' ') {
        return t(k.substr(1,k.length));
    } else if (k[k.length-1]==' ') {
        return t(k.substr(0,k.length-1));
    } else {
        return k;
    }
}

call like this:

t("      mehmet       "); //=>"mehmet"

if you want to filter spesific chars you can define a list string basically:

function t(k){
    var l="\r\n\t "; //you can add more chars here.
    if (l.indexOf(k[0])>-1) {
        return t(k.substr(1,k.length));
    } else if (l.indexOf(k[k.length-1])>-1) {
        return t(k.substr(0,k.length-1));
    } else {
        return k;
    }
}

Answer 3

var word = " testWord ";   //add here word or space and test

var x = $.trim(word);

if(x.length > 0)
    alert('word');
else
    alert('spaces');

Answer 4

If using jQuery is an option:

/**
 * Trim the site input[type=text] fields globally by removing any whitespace from the
 * beginning and end of a string on input .blur()
 */
$('input[type=text]').blur(function(){
    $(this).val($.trim($(this).val()));
});

or simply:

$.trim(string);

Answer 5

ECMAScript 5 supports trim and this has been implemented in Firefox.

trim - MDC

Answer 6

Here is some methods I've been used in the past to trim strings in js:

String.prototype.ltrim = function( chars ) {
    chars = chars || "\\s*";
    return this.replace( new RegExp("^[" + chars + "]+", "g"), "" );
}

String.prototype.rtrim = function( chars ) {
    chars = chars || "\\s*";
    return this.replace( new RegExp("[" + chars + "]+$", "g"), "" );
}
String.prototype.trim = function( chars ) {
    return this.rtrim(chars).ltrim(chars);
}