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Re: Removing ' ' from strings ??

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"Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> wrote on 15 jan 2014 in
comp.lang.javascript: 

> Hi:
> 
>     I'm probably having a senior moment, but with IE8 as a test bed, I 
> cannot seem to replace '&nbsp;' with an ordinary space character.
> 
>     e.g.,
> 
>     Let's say my input text string is:
> 
>         var mytext = "&nbsp;&nbsp;" + "Hello" + "&nbsp;" + "World" + 
> "&nbsp;"
> 
>     Using IE8:
> 
>         var newtext = mytext.replace("&nbsp;"," ") ;
> 
>     The above statement*works* in Chrome (i.e., it replaces '&nbsp;'
>     with an 'ordinary' space character

No, only the first one.

> 
>     But, in IE8 , these '&nbsp;' sequences are *not* replaced -- just 
> ignored ??

IE11 does the same as chrome, are you sure about IE8?

> I need a 'kick-in-the-butt' please -- perhaps a real regex string that
> would work in all cases ?

Better always use regex with replace(),
and use the global switch if necessary:

var newtext = mytext.replace(/&nbsp;/g,' ') ;




-- 
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

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Removing '&nbsp;' from strings ?? "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2014-01-15 15:23 -0700
  Re: Removing '&nbsp;' from strings ?? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-01-15 23:35 +0100
    Re: Removing '&nbsp;' from strings ?? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-01-15 23:44 +0000
      Re: Removing '&nbsp;' from strings ?? "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2014-01-15 17:07 -0700
        Re: Removing '&nbsp;' from strings ?? "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2014-01-16 09:08 -0700
          Re: Removing '&nbsp;' from strings ?? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-01-16 16:18 +0000
            Re: Removing '&nbsp;' from strings ?? "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2014-01-16 10:23 -0700
              Re: Removing '&nbsp;' from strings ?? "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2014-01-16 10:35 -0700
                Re: Removing '&nbsp;' from strings ?? Martin Honnen <mahotrash@yahoo.de> - 2014-01-16 18:58 +0100
                Re: Removing '&nbsp;' from strings ?? "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2014-01-16 11:05 -0700
                Re: Removing '&nbsp;' from strings ?? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-01-16 18:01 +0000
                Re: Removing '&nbsp;' from strings ?? "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2014-01-16 11:10 -0700
                Re: Removing '&nbsp;' from strings ?? Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-01-16 19:17 +0000
                Re: Removing '&nbsp;' from strings ?? "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2014-01-16 13:37 -0700

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