Re: shortening substitutions

How about this,

s/((^\s+)|\s{4}|[";]+)+// for (@point_names);

tlm your are correct.It depends on the input string.
Updated: As per tlm instruction.

Prasad

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Re^2: shortening substitutions by tlm (Prior) on Jun 17, 2005 at 11:23 UTC
No, this can results in as few as 1 substitution on input strings for which the original can produce up to four. (thundergnat's solution has similar problems.) I don't see the advantage of doing what the OP requests. the lowliest monk	[reply] [d/l]