axe-core/lib/commons/text/sanitize.js

Accessibility engine for automated Web UI testing

/**
 * Removes carriage returns, newline characters, tabs, non-breaking spaces, and trailing spaces from string
 * @method sanitize
 * @memberof axe.commons.text
 * @instance
 * @param  {String} str String to be cleaned
 * @return {String} Sanitized string
 */
function sanitize(str) {
  if (!str) {
    return '';
  }

  return str
    .replace(/\r\n/g, '\n')
    .replace(/\u00A0/g, ' ')
    .replace(/[\s]{2,}/g, ' ')
    .trim();
}

export default sanitize;