How to remove all line breaks from a string

Question

I have a text in a textarea and I read it out using the .value attribute.

Now I would like to remove all linebreaks (the character that is produced when you press

Answer 1

Try the following code. It works on all platforms.

var break_for_winDOS = 'test\r\nwith\r\nline\r\nbreaks';
var break_for_linux = 'test\nwith\nline\nbreaks';
var break_for_older_mac = 'test\rwith\rline\rbreaks';

break_for_winDOS.replace(/(\r?\n|\r)/gm, ' ');
//output
'test with line breaks'

break_for_linux.replace(/(\r?\n|\r)/gm, ' ');
//output
'test with line breaks'

break_for_older_mac.replace(/(\r?\n|\r)/gm, ' ');
// Output
'test with line breaks'