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David
David

Reputation: 36454

Javascript line breaking in IE8

I have a script which is using this line as part of some geocoding.

var dms = String(dmsStr).trim().replace(/^-/,'').replace(/[NSEW]$/i,'').split(/[^0-9.,]+/);

It works fine in all browsers apart from IE, which is kicking out an error.

I'm sending it parameters.

0.5501039994056782

It's not my code I'm just debugging it. I'm assuming it could be a problem with Typecasting it to a string, given that it's clearly a number.

But I'd love some feedback.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 245

Answers (3)

Manuel van Rijn
Manuel van Rijn

Reputation: 10315

the exact error is 

"Object doesn't support property or method 'trim'"

so to solve you could do:

var dms = jQuery.trim(String(dmsStr)).replace(/^-/,'').replace(/[NSEW]$/i,'').split(/[^0-9.,]+/);

Upvotes: 0

Brad Christie
Brad Christie

Reputation: 101614

I don't think IE has trim(). Try this:

if(typeof String.prototype.trim !== 'function') {
  String.prototype.trim = function() {
    return this.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, ''); 
  }
}

See this SO question for more information

Upvotes: 0

karim79
karim79

Reputation: 342765

There is no String.trim() in IE8. You can add it like this:

if(typeof String.prototype.trim !== 'function') {
  String.prototype.trim = function() {
    return this.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, ''); 
  }
}

as per this answer.

Upvotes: 3

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