s/\s// will remove ALL spaces. Based on the example below, this may or may not be the intended result.
$work =~ s/^\s*|\s*$//g; will remove the leading and trailing spaces, but not spaces embedded in the string itself, i.e. " test me " will become "test me". -Kevin On Tue, 2002-02-05 at 13:57, Luciano Favaro wrote: > You can use: > > word =~ s/\s//; > > Cheers, > > > Luciano F�varo. > > "Ho, Tony" wrote: > > > Hi guys > > Is a command in Perl that removes spaces in a String ? > > For example, if I had the following: > > > > my word = " HELLO "; > > > > Thanks in advance > > Tony > > > > Tony Ho > > Lucent Technologies > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > >
