Re^3: Regular Expression Help!

I think this will do it:

if ( ($var =~ /^\s+$/) or ($var eq "") ){

print "\n All \n";

}else{
       print "\n Nothing \n";
       }
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Re^4: Regular Expression Help! by marinersk (Priest) on Jul 02, 2010 at 21:14 UTC
I don't understand why you won't just use: `if ($var =~ /^\s*$/) { # Do blank procedure } else { # Do nonblank procedure }` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: Regular Expression Help! by Anonymous Monk on Jul 06, 2010 at 13:30 UTC
I was reading on this posting and found an interesting regular expression, can someone explain what is happening here? `if ($var =~ /^\s*$/)` [download] Thanks!	[reply] [d/l]