I need to split a keyword string and turn it into a comma delimited string. However, I need to get rid of extra spaces and any commas that the user has already input.

var keywordString = ford    tempo, with,,, sunroof;

Output to this string:

ford,tempo,with,sunroof,

I need the trailing comma and no spaces in the final output.

Not sure if I should go Regex or a string splitting function.

Anyone do something like this already?

I need to use javascript (or JQ).

EDIT (working solution):

var keywordString = , ,, ford,    tempo, with,,, sunroof,, ,;



//remove all commas; remove preceeding and trailing spaces; replace spaces with comma



str1 = keywordString.replace(/,/g , '').replace(/^ss*/, '').replace(/ss*$/, '').replace(/[s,]+/g, ',');





//add a comma at the end

str1 = str1 + ',';



console.log(str1);