How to remove elements with whitespace?

Question

I can easily remove a tag that has no blank spaces...

$(\'h2:empty\').remove();

But, when there is a space...

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Answer 1

try this

$("h2").each(function(){
   var self = $(this);
   if ( self.html().trim().length == 0 )
   {
     self.remove();
   }
});