var rex:RegExp = /[\s\r\n]+/gim;
a_txt_1.text.replace(rex,'');
var expression:String = '2x3X3x4X5X6';
var result:String = expression.replace(/x/ig, "*");
trace(result); // output 2*3*3*4*5*6
var importPostAddress = "123 Fake Street<br />Mytown<br />Mycounty<br />Mycountry<br />PO5 7CD<br /><br />";
var pattern:RegExp = /<br \/>/g;
var postAddress = importPostAddress.replace(pattern,", ");
//----
var pat_comma:RegExp = /,/g;
txt.replace(pat_comma,"");
var pat_space:RegExp = /[\s\r\n]+/gim;
a_txt_1.text.replace(pat_space,'');
.replace(pat_space,'').toLowerCase()
phone number
\b\d{3}[-.]?\d{3}[-.]?\d{4}\b
int & decimal numbers
(?:\d*.)?\d+
email addresses
([\w.-]+)?\w+@[\w-]+(.\w+){1,}