I'm looking to replace a bad character that a content editable div uses when a space is added at the end of the input.

Here is what I've tried

var text = $(this).text();
text.replace(/\u00A0/, " ");

But when I check the value of the last character like this

text.charCodeAt(text.length-1)

The value is still 160 instead of 32

I'm looking to replace a bad character that a content editable div uses when a space is added at the end of the input.

Here is what I've tried

var text = $(this).text();
text.replace(/\u00A0/, " ");

But when I check the value of the last character like this

text.charCodeAt(text.length-1)

The value is still 160 instead of 32

• javascript
• regex

• Why not just cut the last character? Smth like this: text.substr(0, -1) – hindmost Commented Apr 24, 2015 at 14:45
• I need the last character since this text is a query parameter to a filter – Wryte Commented Apr 24, 2015 at 14:51

1 Answer 1

In javascript strings are immutable and replace return new string, try this:

var text = $(this).text();
text = text.replace(/\u00A0/, " ");

or in one line:

var text = $(this).text().replace(/\u00A0/, " ");

also if you want to replace all instances of the character, you need to add g flag to the regex /\u00A0/g.