var str = " \n this is a string \n \n \n" console.log(str); console.log(str.trim()); String.trim() removes whitespace from the beginning and end of strings... including newlines.
const myString = " \n \n\n Hey! \n I'm a string!!! \n\n"; const trimmedString = myString.trim(); console.log(trimmedString); // outputs: "Hey! \n I'm a string!!!" Here's an example fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/BLs8u/
NOTE! it only trims the beginning and end of the string, not line breaks or whitespace in the middle of the string.