Welcome to the world of regular expressions.... perldoc perlretut - for lots of info
for your problem: $variable =~ s/\s//g; http://danconia.org learn perl wrote: > 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 > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
