Comments on: Trimming a String in JavaScript http://blog.crankybit.com/trimming-a-string-in-javascript/ Take a byte out of tech! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:54:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Raye Romeno http://blog.crankybit.com/trimming-a-string-in-javascript/#comment-107029 Raye Romeno Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:04:26 +0000 http://blog.crankybit.com/?p=307#comment-107029 RegEx provides a concise and flexible means for matching strings of text, such as particular characters, words, or patterns of characters. A regular expression is written in a formal language that can be interpreted by a regular expression processor, a program that either serves as a parser generator or examines text and identifies parts that match the provided specification. Though it has controversies lying under it. It is always useful. RegEx provides a concise and flexible means for matching strings of text, such as particular characters, words, or patterns of characters. A regular expression is written in a formal language that can be interpreted by a regular expression processor, a program that either serves as a parser generator or examines text and identifies parts that match the provided specification.

Though it has controversies lying under it. It is always useful.

]]> By: Ted Faylon http://blog.crankybit.com/trimming-a-string-in-javascript/#comment-104216 Ted Faylon Wed, 03 Aug 2011 02:31:49 +0000 http://blog.crankybit.com/?p=307#comment-104216 Apparently there is some controversy over the exact RegEx to most efficiently trim, depending on what level of white space you trim out. Apparently there is some controversy over the exact RegEx to most efficiently trim, depending on what level of white space you trim out.

]]> By: Josh http://blog.crankybit.com/trimming-a-string-in-javascript/#comment-17841 Josh Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:01:26 +0000 http://blog.crankybit.com/?p=307#comment-17841 The code view plugin for WP apparently gobbled up the backslashes in the code for the trimming function. It's correct now. Thanks Ray. The code view plugin for WP apparently gobbled up the backslashes in the code for the trimming function. It’s correct now. Thanks Ray.

]]> By: Josh http://blog.crankybit.com/trimming-a-string-in-javascript/#comment-17424 Josh Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:39:52 +0000 http://blog.crankybit.com/?p=307#comment-17424 Lol I love it. I still have plenty of legacy code with dozens of lines manipulating strings to pull out various bits of data that would be accessible in a line or two of RegEx. Amazing. Apparently there is some controversy over the exact RegEx to most efficiently trim, depending on what level of white space you trim out. I'm not so picky, I was using it to trim content from an input form field, so there isn't much more than spaces to worry about. :-) Lol I love it. I still have plenty of legacy code with dozens of lines manipulating strings to pull out various bits of data that would be accessible in a line or two of RegEx. Amazing.

Apparently there is some controversy over the exact RegEx to most efficiently trim, depending on what level of white space you trim out. I’m not so picky, I was using it to trim content from an input form field, so there isn’t much more than spaces to worry about. :-)

]]> By: Jennifer http://blog.crankybit.com/trimming-a-string-in-javascript/#comment-17423 Jennifer Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:54:50 +0000 http://blog.crankybit.com/?p=307#comment-17423 http://xkcd.com/208/ The same solution with straight up JavaScript is like 30 or 40 lines. I had a function to do this and had found the trimming regular expression and laughed at the glaring difference. Regular expressions are amazing. http://xkcd.com/208/

The same solution with straight up JavaScript is like 30 or 40 lines. I had a function to do this and had found the trimming regular expression and laughed at the glaring difference. Regular expressions are amazing.

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