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April 6, 2012 18:23
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Telling if the entire string consists of an item (whitespace in this case)
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| var re = /^\s+$/; | |
| /* | |
| * ^ - start of string | |
| * \s - anything whitespace | |
| * + - 1 or more | |
| * $ - the end of the string | |
| */ | |
| if (" ".match(re)) { | |
| alert("The string is all whitespace!"); | |
| } | |
| //=> The string is all whitespace! |
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