Re^2: counting leading white spaces

A problem with tr/// could be that it would count all occurrences, not only leading ones...

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Re^3: counting leading white spaces by hbm (Hermit) on Feb 12, 2009 at 04:05 UTC
Good point; bad oversight on my part. Below, I take extra effort to count only leading spaces... `use strict; use warnings; AUTOLOAD{$.=0;$_=@_[$??$;:$.];@_=reverse split//;++$.while+pop=~m,\s,;y, , ,s,warn$.,$_,$/}&* ($_)for(<DATA>) __DATA__ Initiate Novice Acolyte Sexton Beadle Scribe Monk Pilgrim Friar Hermit Chaplain Deacon Curate Priest Vicar Parson Prior Monsignor Abbot Canon Chancellor Bishop Archbishop Cardinal Sage Saint Apostle Pope` [download] See also JAPH at the firing range	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^3: counting leading white spaces
by hbm (Hermit) on Feb 12, 2009 at 04:05 UTC

Good point; bad oversight on my part. Below, I take extra effort to count only leading spaces...

use strict; use warnings;
AUTOLOAD{$.=0;$_=@_[$??$;:$.];@_=reverse
         split//;++$.while+pop=~m,\s,;y,
                ,     ,s,warn$.,$_,$/}&*
         ($_)for(<DATA>)
__DATA__
 Initiate
  Novice
   Acolyte
    Sexton
     Beadle
      Scribe
       Monk
        Pilgrim
         Friar
          Hermit
           Chaplain
            Deacon
             Curate
              Priest
               Vicar
                Parson
                 Prior
                  Monsignor
                   Abbot
                    Canon
                     Chancellor
                      Bishop
                       Archbishop
                        Cardinal
                         Sage
                          Saint
                           Apostle
                            Pope
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