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ira on 04/20/09


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Replace Spaces with Underscores

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  1. var str = "This string has too many spaces.";  
  2. var result = str.replace(/\s/gi, "_"); 
  3. document.write(result);

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Posted By: duniyadnd on April 21, 2009

You're missing out a couple of items: because you're using Javascript, keep in mind of   ( you can also look at   - I think). Your script also treats multiple spaces/tabs/white spaces as it's own entity, which could lead to undesired results. An alternative is:

var result = str.replace(/(\s| | )+/gi, "_");

Posted By: duniyadnd on April 21, 2009

Ugh, don't know why it didn't show up properly - I've put the code here: http://snipplr.com/view/14252/replace-space-with-/

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