Remove Carriage Returns and New Lines (AS3)

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function removeCarriageReturnsAndNewLines($myString:String):String
{
var newString:String;
var findCarriageReturnRegExp:RegExp = new RegExp("\r", "gi");
newString = $myString.replace(findCarriageReturnRegExp, "");
var findNewLineRegExp:RegExp = new RegExp("\n", "gi");
newString = newString.replace(findNewLineRegExp, "");
return newString;
}
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