Regular Expression and trimming


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Regular Expression and trimming

by akm2 (Scribe)

on Mar 08, 2001 at 20:52 UTC ( [id://63002]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml )

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akm2 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

The expression is intented to trim the spaces off the front and back of a string. Example: " Andrew Mitchell" would be trimmed to "Andrew Mitchell"

Thats not happening. Here is the code, Any advise?

($BKCUM_CNUM[$i]) = substr ($line, 0, 7) =~ m/^\s*(.*)\s*$/;

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Re: Regular Expression and trimming by Tuna (Friar) on Mar 08, 2001 at 20:59 UTC
Right from the Cookbook: `$string =~ s/^\s+//; $string =~ s/\s+$//;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Regular Expression and trimming by danger (Priest) on Mar 08, 2001 at 21:04 UTC
Yes, I suggest you visit the FAQ more often -- your question, and its answer, is contained therein.	[reply]
Re: Regular Expression and trimming by arhuman (Vicar) on Mar 08, 2001 at 21:01 UTC
`$string =~ s/^\s(.?)\s*$/\1/;` "Trying to be a SMART lamer" (thanx to Merlyn ;-)	[reply] [d/l]

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