Very clever implementation of yours. I believe the question is *what for* is the function being currently used? I believe most common cases are very short (<15 chars) strings, usually small bits of data that are going to be thrown as hash keys or something. In that case the standard regexp version is still faster.
Maybe trim() should switch between these two modes depending on the strings length? On Nov 4, 2:40 pm, Ariel Flesler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > As a follow up to Steven Levithan's post about string trimming[1]. > I made a second version of trim that is performing quite well among > different browsers (the 1st one I posted on his blog). > > If you're interested, I wrote an article[2] about this. If the > implementation proves to be well rounded and effective, it could make > it into the core, eventually. > > There's already a ticket[3] requesting a faster jQuery.trim() > function. > > Comments (and testing) are much appreciated. > > Cheers > > [1]http://blog.stevenlevithan.com/archives/faster-trim-javascript > [2]http://flesler.blogspot.com/2008/11/fast-trim-function-for- > javascript.html > [3]http://dev.jquery.com/ticket/2279 > -- > Ariel Fleslerhttp://flesler.blogspot.com
