Removing unwanted characters from imported string

Question

Hello,
I have a tab-delimited .txt file which I have to import into Indesign for further processing.
The file is composed by a 3 columns header row at the beginning (Code, Description, price) followed by a series of 3 columns data rows.
The problem is that sometimes, depending on the way the txt/csv file has been created, may include unwanted characters (such as spaces, double spaces, etc.).
Is there a way to "clean" the imported strings from these unwanted characters?
This is my starting code:
function processImportedTxt(){
    //Open .csv file
    var csvFile = File.openDialog("Open file .csv","tab-delimited(*.csv):*.csv;");
    datafile = new File(csvFile);
    if (datafile.exists){
        datafile.open('r');
   var csvData = new Array();
   while(!datafile.eof){//read every row till the end of file
        csvData.push(datafile.readln());
    datafile.close();
    for(a=1; a<csvData.length; a++){
        var myRowData = csvData[a];//row of data
        var mySplitData = myRowData.toString().split("\t");//divide columns
        var myRowCode = mySplitData[0];
        var myRowDesc = mySplitData[1];
        var myRowPrice = mySplitData[2];
        // Here goes code for cleaning strings from unwanted characters
processImportedTxt();
Any help would be much appreciated
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Hi,
If you want to safe 1-space occurences just a small correction:
i.e.:
var myRowCode = mySplitData[0].replace(/\s\s+/g,'');
Jarek