jQuery/JavaScript - Trim white space/tab between two element? [duplicate]

Question

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Remove non breaking space ( ) from between elements using jquery

How to write a script to trim white space/tab between two element?
For example,

<tr>       <td>A     </td>                <td>B   </td>      <td>C    </td>       </tr>

Convert to,

<tr><td>A     </td><td>B   </td><td>C    </td></tr>

For the example, the script should remove the white space/tab between first <td>xxx</td> element and second <td>xxx</td> element and so on.

Thanks

Answer 1

Use:

function specialTrim(str){
    return str.replace(/>\s+</g,'><');
}

Answer 2

You can use contents() with filter() to match the text nodes inside your <tr> element:

$("tr").contents().filter(function() {
    return this.nodeType == 3;
}).remove();