How To Remove Multiple Spaces from String jQuery

Question

I have an excel spreadsheet that has 3 columns.

    1st        |    2nd    |    3rd 
----------------------------------------
  xxxxxxxx           x        xxxxxxxx

When I copy all 3 of those cells and paste them into my textbox I get a value that looks likes this:

I need to eliminate the spaces, but what I have researched isn't working.

Here is what I have:

$(document).ready(function() {
    $("#MyTextBox").blur(function() {
        var myValue = $(this).val();
        alert(myValue);
        var test = myValue.replace(' ', '');
        alert(test);
        $("#MyTextBox").val(test);

    });
});

When I alert test it looks the exact same as the original and the value for MyTextBox isn't being replaced.

I have a JSFiddle where I'm trying to replicate the issue, but in this instance, only the 1st space is replaced but the new value is populating into the textbox.

What am I doing wrong?

Any help is appreciated.

is this what you want https://jsfiddle.net/n0oot23g/1/ ? `.replace(/ +/g, ' ')` will replace multiple spaces with only 1 — Carsten Løvbo Andersen, Nov 15 '17 at 15:07
you need a regex, try: `myValue.replace(/\s/g, '')`. `\s` is for space character nad `g` will replace all spaces — n4m31ess_c0d3r, Nov 15 '17 at 15:08
@CarstenLøvboAndersen Thank you. I didn't even think to use regular expressions! Thank you! — Grizzly, Nov 15 '17 at 15:14
This link may help you : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1981349/regex-to-replace-multiple-spaces-with-a-single-space — Meg, Nov 15 '17 at 15:55

score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 15 '17 at 15:12

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I've changed your replace with a regex. This removes all the spaces

$("#MyTextBox").blur(function(){
    var myValue = $(this).val();
    alert(myValue);
    var test = myValue.replace(/\s/g, '');
    alert(test);
    $("#MyTextBox").val(test);
});

edited Nov 15 '17 at 15:12

Sumner Evans

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 15 '17 at 15:59

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Using a regular expression would replace any number of spaces.

$(document).ready(function() {
    var str = 'Your string';
    var stringWithoutSpace = str.replace(/\s/g, '')
});

edited Nov 15 '17 at 15:59

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answered Nov 15 '17 at 15:12

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How To Remove Multiple Spaces from String jQuery

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