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List:       perl-beginners
Subject:    trim (was: Re: use vs require)
From:       85.144.210.174
Date:       2009-01-24 14:35:05
Message-ID: 20090124143505.5805.qmail () lists ! develooper ! com
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Chas. Owens wrote:

 > [trim]
> $string =~ s/^[ ]*(.*)[ ]*$/$1/;

That changes the string when not necessary.

I prefer this:


     s/\s+$//, s/^\s+// for $string;  # rtrim + ltrim

-- 
Ruud

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