Question

I have a textarea and I’m using jQuery to delete all tabs, newlines, multi spaces etc with a single space whenever the text area is blurred.

However, when I use the following:

str.replace(/\s/g, ' ')

…it deletes all tabs and newlines but not the multi spaces.

When I try:

str.replace(/[ \s], ' ')

…the same thing happens.

When I try:

str.replace(/[(?= +)\s], ' ')

…it won’t escape my parentheses, etc.

Anyone know the correct syntax for what I’m trying to do?

Thanks.

Answer 1

str.replace(/\s+/g, ' ');

http://jsfiddle.net/KrqDH/