Character 160 ("Non-breaking space") not removed using trim() in Internet Explorer

[aakoch]

If a string contains the "Non-breaking space" character (char code 160), Internet Explorer and Safari won't see that as a white-space character and the trim() method won't strip the character from the string.

Here's a small write-up about it: ​http://www.adamkoch.com/2009/07/25/white-space-and-character-160/

Here's a test page: ​http://www.adamkoch.com/char160test.html Both trim methods should return an empty string.

A fix could be to add the character to the trim method's regular expression:

/^{(\s|\u00A0)+|(\s|\u00A0)+$/g}

[jerone]

I confirm this in all IE (6-8) and seems like a valid solution.

[yehuda]

Closed in 17955cacf4e8c618ca5c2b09b0d2f43df353f683