To remove extra spaces, you need to use trim() along with regular expressions. Following is our string with spaces before applying trim() −
var sentence="My name is John Smith ";
Now, we will remove the extra spaces as in the below code −
Example
var sentence="My name is John Smith "; console.log("The actual value="); console.log(sentence); var originalSentence = sentence.replace(/\s+/g,'').trim(); var afterRemovingTheSpace=originalSentence.trim(); console.log("After removing the spaces="); console.log(afterRemovingTheSpace);
To run the above program, you need to use the following command −
node fileName.js.
Here, my file name is demo90.js.
Output
This will produce the following output −
PS C:\Users\Amit\JavaScript-code> node demo90.js The actual value= My name is John Smith After removing the spaces= MynameisJohnSmith