you're replacing with a dash, not a blank.
Or maybe I'm just tired.
--Ben
DURETTE, STEVEN J (AIT) wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a little problem with some _javascript_ and a regex that I can't seem
> to figure out.
>
> I have the following code:
>
> <script language="_javascript_">
> <!--
> function dispTest(){
> var UpdprojStart = " "; //five spaces.
> UpdprojStart = UpdprojStart.replace("[\s]*", "-");
> alert("|" + UpdprojStart + "|");
>
> UpdprojStart = " 1 2 3 4 5"; //a space before each number.
> UpdprojStart = UpdprojStart.replace("[\s]*", "-");
> alert("|" + UpdprojStart + "|");
> }
> //-->
> </script>
>
> When I run it I get:
> first alert box: | | (pipe, 5 spaces pipe)
> second alert box: | 1 2 3 4 5| (pipe, space, 1, space, 2, space, 3, space,
> 4, space 5, pipe)
>
> But I should have gotten:
> first alert box: || (pipe, pipe)
> second alert box: |12345| (pipe, 12345, pipe)
>
> I got the regex from the visual regex editor on the house of fusion. What
> am I doing wrong that this won't work?
>
> Steve
>
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