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From: "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript
Subject: Removing '&nbsp;' from strings ??
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 15:23:56 -0700
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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

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

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

Thank you.

-Mel Smith