$str = " a_ string ";
$str =~ s/\s+//g;
print $str;
btw. chomp() removes the character defined by $/ (newline unless you change
it) from the end of a string.
chop() removes the last character from a string.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: learn perl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 9:38 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: deleting spaces
>
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I have a simple question.
>
> Is there ways to get rid of any spaces within a variable?
>
> say the variable holds " R" or "R " or " R ".
> is there a function I could use for that?
> I tried chomp but it will only get rid of the last space but not the
> leading spaces.
>
> Thanks
>
> Eric
>
>
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