使用javascript替换换行符和逗号

Question

I have script to fetch the address from the textbox and want to remove all the comma and newline character in the given address .I have tried using 2 methods but both methods are giving error .Please give some suggestion.

Sample Code:

<textarea rows="3" cols="33" name="inc_Address" id="inc_address" required></textarea>

method1

<Script>
    function tidyAddress() {
        addrArray = document.getElementById('inc_address').value.split(" ");
        var addrArray2 = addrArray.replace(/\n|\r|,/g, "");
    }
</script>

method2

<Script>
    function trim(str) {
        return str.replace(/\n|\r|,/g, "");
    }

    function tidyAddress() {
        addrArray = document.getElementById('inc_address').value.split(" ");
        var addrArray2 = trim(addrArray);
    }
</script>

Giving error as Uncaught TypeError: addrArray.replace is not a function

Answer 1

The replace() method searches a string for a specified value, or a regular expression, and returns a new string where the specified values are replaced.

You are using split() before that and it will return an array so you are getting error.

You should try :

var addrString = document.getElementById('inc_address').value;
addrString.replace(/\n|\r|,/g, " ");

Answer 2

You are trying to apply string functions on array

 addrArray.replace(/\n|\r|,/g, ""); \\ wrong => addrArray is a array not string

also

trim(addrArray)  \\ where trim() returns string not array

to replace the values from array

var result = [];
addrArray.forEach(function(value){
    result.push( value.replace(/[\n\r\,]+/g, ' ') );
})