In what decate was it good practice introducing a dependency on an external module in order to get the exact same two substitutions hidden in a sub: 

#---------------------------------------------------------------------
+---------
# trim
# 

=head1 trim(string)

Returns the string with all leading and trailing whitespace removed.
Trim on undef returns undef.

=cut

sub trim{
    my ($val) = @_;
    
    if (defined $val) {
        $val =~ s|^\s+||s;
        $val =~ s|\s+$||s;
    };
    
    return $val;
}
# 
# trim
#---------------------------------------------------------------------
+---------

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If it really bothers you just add one line to your code and be done with it.

In reply to Re^2: Pulling white space off before/after string? by Fletch
in thread Pulling white space off before/after string? by ecuguru

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