JS regexp Q

[Curbow 5]

i need some help creating a regex which converts all spaces to non-breaking spaces, EXCEPT for spaces within HTML tags! Any help would be greatly appreciated!


// this string:
var str = '<span id="test">t e s t</span><br />';
// should become
var str = '<span id="test">t&nbsp;e&nbsp;s&nbsp;t</span><br />';

// this converts ALL spaces...
str = str.replace(/\s/g, '&nbsp;');

[Curbow 5]

i'm kind of embarrased to ask again, but uhm... anyone?

[[Unknown]]

Well, this is going to be really hard.... I suggest replacing '  ' with '&nbsp; '.  Meaning, two spaces with a space and an &nbsp;.  Also replace '~(^|<br />)[ ]~' with '$1&nbsp;'.  That should work, no?

-[Unknown]

[Curbow 5]

thanks! i was afraid it wouldn't be a pretty solution...