How to strip all whitespaces (like spaces, tabs, newlines) from jQuery Ajax Data?

Question

data: $('#field1, #field2, #field3').serialize()

These questions may help you [serialize](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11025594/jquery-serialize-converts-all-spaces-to-plus) and [replaceAll](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6507056/replace-all-whitespace-characters) — Xeon, Feb 13 '14 at 12:23

Arun P Johny · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-13T12:49:16.927

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Try something like

var array = $('#field1, #field2, #field3').serializeArray();
$.each(array, function(i,o){
    o.value = o.value.replace(/\s/g, '');
})
....
data: array

Demo: Fiddle

edited Feb 13 '14 at 12:49

answered Feb 13 '14 at 12:26

Arun P Johny

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Thank you! Doesn't `\s` cover all whitespaces? – santa Feb 13 '14 at 12:46
Thanks again! Unfortunately I can't vote up your answer yet as it requires 15 reputation. – santa Feb 13 '14 at 13:09
Additional question: Is it possible to do it all in one line? – santa Feb 13 '14 at 13:24
not as far as I know... if the inputs are not properly sanitized this is the only safe way I'm seeing – Arun P Johny Feb 13 '14 at 13:25
@simplethings another solution you can try is `data: $('#field1, #field2, #field3').serialize().replace(/\s/g, '')` – Arun P Johny Feb 13 '14 at 13:26
Doesn't work. Spaces e.g. are converted into `+` by `serialize()`. – santa Feb 13 '14 at 13:35
@simplethings in that case I don't see any other way for now – Arun P Johny Feb 13 '14 at 13:36

How to strip all whitespaces (like spaces, tabs, newlines) from jQuery Ajax Data?

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