Hi guys :)

So, i'm not the RegEx expert, but i think for one who make this more often than me it, the problem could be easy.

1. I'm using JavaScript with the normal Regex Object

2. I often got different JSON strings which i wanna store in a Database. But for saving some data i wanna "compress" them. so i need a replacement method to clear out all Spaces and New-lines outside quoted strings. Regex seems to me for the best method.

3. So at least here an example JSON string which i have and which i wanna have:

I HAVE

{
    "  glossary   "    :    {
        "title": "ex :    [ ample:  \"  : \"  {  \"   [  \"   ,  glossary"     ,
        "GlossDef":{     
            "para": "A\" :   \"   , meta-markup language, used to create markup languages such as DocBook.",
            "GlossSeeAlso" :[
                " G M L ",   
                "XML"
            ]
        }
    }
}

I WANNA HAVE

{"  glossary   ":{"title":"ex :    [ ample:  \"  : \"  {  \"   [  \"   ,  glossary","GlossDef":{"para":"A\" :   \"   , meta-markup language, used to create markup languages such as DocBook.","GlossSeeAlso":[" G M L ","XML"]}}}

I tried a lot but i always stucked  with spaces inside quotes (that they will not be matched!). Don't wonder about the JSON string it's just an example with mostly all situations in it ;)

greetz

Chris