String compression in JavaScript

Question

I\'m looking for a JavaScript function that given a string returns a compressed (shorter) string.

I\'m developing a Chrome web application that saves long strings (H

Answer 1

Try experimenting with textfiles before implementing anything because I think that the following does not necessarily hold:

so I figured it would help keep the database smaller if I compressed the things it stores.

That's because lossless compression algorithms are pretty good with repeating patterns (e.g whitespace).