How about trim(mystring) Cutter http://www.falcon-knives.com ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Lau" <lau at goldenweb.com.au> Reply-To: javascript at LaTech.edu To: <javascript at LaTech.edu> Subject: [Javascript] How do I refer to whitespace characters? Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 15:02:18 +1000 I want to read a string and remove all the whitespace before a word. How do I refer to tabs and newline characters etc. Can anyone give me a full list of what I should be checking for? while(mystr.length>0 && mystr.charAt(0)==" ") mystr= mystr.substr(1); Peace Lau _______________________________________________ Javascript mailing list Javascript at LaTech.edu https://lists.LaTech.edu/mailman/listinfo/javascript _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com