Dear Monks, I've a problem with a string I need to parse. Here are a few examples of this string:
$str = " abc defgh ij klmnop " ; # case 1
$str = " abc defgh ij klmnop qrst uvwxyz" ; # case 2
$str = "abc defgh ij" ; #case 3

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I need the text + the spaces in between but not the spaces at the beginning or end!!
I tried to find a regexp for this, this one almost works: 
($str) = ($str =~ /^\s([\w+\s{0,}]{1,})\s{0,}$/) ; #case 2/3

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It only fails in case 1, it leaves a space at the end....
Any suggestions how to fix this expression ?

Thanks in advance
Luca

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