str.replace within a jquery function

Question

I have a simple jquery function as

function sendValue(str){
    $.post("test.php",{ sendValue: str },
    function(data){
        $('#display').html(data.returnValue);
    }, "json");
}

I want to replace space within the string. I thought I can do this by adding

str.replace(" ", "+");

to the second line of the function. But it did not work. I know very basic of javascript. How to replace " " with "+" in the string before posting data to test.php?

It would need to be the first line of the function body, not the second. You POST str to the server on the first line currently, so you need to do the replace before that. — James Allardice
– James Allardice, Commented Oct 24, 2011 at 6:57

Moin Zaman · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-24 06:56:03Z

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Try str.replace(/\s/g , "+") instead. (/\s/ is the regex escape for whitespace).

Also are you trying to encode the string as a URL? You could use encodeURIComponent(str) which is a built in javascript method.

answered Oct 24, 2011 at 6:56

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Johan · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-24 06:54:16Z

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I think it should be the opposite

str.replace("+", " ");

I would try using

.replace(/ /g," ");

though.

answered Oct 24, 2011 at 6:54

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James Allardice Over a year ago

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