JS - XS White space removal

by Ben Clayton

JavaScript

var v=" hello                                              world ";

alert("v=:"+v+":<br/>");

var reg=/  /;
while ( reg.test(v)){
    v=v.replace(reg,' ');
};

v=v.replace(/^ /,'');
v=v.replace(/ $/,'');

alert("v=:"+v+":");