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$array1[$k] =~ s/^\s+//; $array1[$k] =~ s/\s+$//; $array2[$l] =~ s/^\s+//; $array2[$l] =~ s/\s+$//;
# modify value in place sub trim { ... $array1[$k] = trim($array1[$k]); $array2[$l] = trim($array2[$l]);