i use this code to handle spaces. to it will not remove all spaces.
but remove double, front and back spaces.
i use this for a shell so commands wil always work in cases there is somehow a space to many.

function remove_double_space(par_String:String):String {
var sReturn:String=”";
var sTrue:Boolean=false;
for (var i=0; i<par_String.length; i++) {
if (par_String.charAt(i)!=" ") {
sReturn = sReturn+par_String.charAt(i);
sTrue=false;
} else if (sTrue==false) {
sReturn = sReturn+" ";
sTrue=true;
}
}
return LTrim(RTrim(sReturn));
}
function LTrim(s:String):String {
var i=0;
while ((i0) && (s.substr(i,1)==’ ‘)) i–;
return (s.substr(0,i+1));
}

great post.

have fun programming

I don’t know if someone else has mentioned this but you can use stuff like:

var inString:String = ” this has whitespace”;
var inString2:String = “this has no whitespace”;

var a:Array = inString.split(/^\s+/);
var b:Array = inString2.split(/^\s+/);

Any leading whitespace is removed , you can use different flags to adapt to your needs
Nice post though

All the best

if (“function” !== typeof “”.minus)
String.prototype.minus = function( what_ ) {
///
/// “ABCBDBEB”.minus(“B”), returns : “ACDE”
/// Argument is optional, by default it is one space char
/// myText.minus(), returns myText without spaces
/// argument can be an regular expression
/// reg.exp. given does not require ‘g’ or ‘m’ modifier
/// if argument is not found in the original, the original is returned
///
return (this.split(what_ || ” ” )).join( “” ) ;
}

–DBJ

Probably a bit more useful …
Also the second, optional, argument can be either string or an regular expression …

–DBJ