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I'm using jquery and now I need to remove spaces in the string retrieved as a parameter (file name).. For instance:

I have: '/var/www/site/Brand new document.docx'
I would like to get: '/var/www/site/Brandnewdocument.docx'

Someone knows how to solve this? I tryied replace method but it didn't work :(

Thank you guys.

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up vote 27 down vote accepted

This?

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

Live demo: http://jsfiddle.net/Rkb57/

Update: Based on this question, this:

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

is a better solution. It produces the same result, but it does it faster.

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just beat me... – Gaurav May 11 '11 at 11:06
@Gaurav I've looked up similar answers on SO, and I see .replace(/\s+/g, '') more often. Is there a difference between that and my answer? – Šime Vidas May 11 '11 at 11:17
in this case there is no difference. But + is used for finding with atleast one occurrence. – Gaurav May 11 '11 at 11:23
It worked flawless! Thanks – Mobster May 11 '11 at 12:27
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@Mobster It worked flawless ly :) – Šime Vidas May 11 '11 at 12:31
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var a = "/var/www/site/Brand new document.docx";
alert(a.split(' ').join(''));
alert(a.replace( /\s/g, ""));

Two ways of doing this!

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