Javascript Data Type How to - Concat string with backspace

Question

We would like to know how to concat string with backspace.

Answer


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script type='text/javascript'>
<!--from  w  w w  . java2 s.  co  m-->
function RemoveBackspaces(str)
{
    while (str.indexOf("\b") != -1)
    {
        str = str.replace(/.\x08/, "");
    }
    return str;
}
document.writeln(RemoveBackspaces("Hello\b\b\b\bi, World!"));

</script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

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