John W. Krahn wrote: > That can be reduced to: > > $text =~ tr/ \t\n\r\f/ /s; > > But that still doesn't remove leading and trailing whitespace so add two > more lines: > > $text =~ tr/ \t\n\r\f/ /s; > $text =~ s/\A //; > $text =~ s/ \z//;
That was left as an exercise to the reader. Come now, you don't expect the bestest of code early Sunday morning...before I finish my first cup of coffee? If so, I must say that your optimism is only overshadowed by your hope. :) -- Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, Shawn Programming is as much about organization and communication as it is about coding. I like Perl; it's the only language where you can bless your thingy. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
