Remove whitespace in JavaScript [FORK] – Sourced from https://css-tricks.com/snippets/javascript/strip-whitespace-from-string/

WhitespaceRemover.js

// Vanilla JavaScript - trim Leading and Trailing - ES5
function TrimVanilla(str) {
  return str.trim();
}

// Older browsers - IE8 and before - using Polyfill. Call trim() method after running this.
function TrimPolyfill() {
  if (!String.prototype.trim) {
    String.prototype.trim = function () {
      return this.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');
    };
  }
}

// jQuery (Trim Leading and Trailing)
function TrimWithjQuery(str) {
  return $.trim(str);
}

// Vanilla JavaScript RegEx (Trim Leading and Trailing)
function TrimWithVanilla(str) {
  return str.replace(/(^\s+|\s+$)/g, '');
}

// Vanilla JavaScript RegEx (Trim ALL Whitespace)
function TrimWithVanillaAll(str) {
  return str.replace(/\s+/g, '');
}

      This will appear with six space characters in front of it.

     This will appear with six space characters in front of it.