regex jquery remove all double spaces

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Hi I have this code, I want it to remove all the double spaces from a text area, but it will only remove the first occurrence each time. ``` $(document).ready(function(){ $("#article").blur(function(){ ///alert($(this).val()); $(this).val($(this).val().replace(/\s\s+/, ' ')); }); }); ``` I've also tried removeAll(), but it won't work at all. any help would be great, thanks. I have a live example online at http://jsbin.com/ogasu/2/edit

Accepted Answer

Use the g modifier in your regular expression to match and replace globally:

```
/\s\s+/g
```

Otherwise only the first match will be replaced.

By the way, as of jQuery 1.4 and later you can also provide `val` a function that performs the replacement:

```
$(this).val(function(index, value) {
    return value.replace(/\s\s+/g, ' ');
});
```

That will save you a second call of `$(this).val`.

regex jquery remove all double spaces

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