var.replace is not a function

Question

I\'m using the below code to try to trim the string in Javascript but am getting the error mentioned in the title:

function trim(str) {
    return str.replac         


        

Answer 1

Did you call your function properly? Ie. is the thing you pass as as a parameter really a string?

Otherwise, I don't see a problem with your code - the example below works as expected

function trim(str) {
    return str.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g,'');
}


trim('    hello   ');  // --> 'hello'

However, if you call your functoin with something non-string, you will indeed get the error above:

trim({});  // --> TypeError: str.replace is not a function

Answer 2

Replace wouldn't replace numbers. It replaces strings only.

This should work.

function trim(str) {
    return str.toString().replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g,'');
}

If you only want to trim the string. You can simply use "str.trim()"

Answer 3

You should use toString() Method of java script for the convert into string before because replace method is a string function.

Answer 4

My guess is that the code that's calling your trim function is not actually passing a string to it.

To fix this, you can make str a string, like this: str.toString().replace(...)
_{...as alper pointed out below.}