When performing a .trim() function on a string pulled via the .text() tag in jQuery, will convert into a special space that will not be removed.
Example:
<div id="div1"> This is text </div> <script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(document).ready(function() { trimString = jQuery.trim($('#div1').text()); </script>
I was able to catch the Unicode character, which ended up being 160, by using:
alert(trimString.charCodeAt(0));
After performing a regex replace on the string, I was able to achieve a truly trimmed string.
<script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { trimString = $('#div1').text(); var re = new RegExp(String.fromCharCode(160), "g"); trimString = jQuery.trim(trimString.replace(re, " ")); }); </script>