That is what you want to use. You could do it in a single regex: ## NOT RECOMMENDED - SEE NOTE BELOW ## $username =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g;
The downside is that this is not efficient and actually takes Perl longer to perform the operation. If you want to know why you need to know a little about how Perl stores strings internally. Rob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 8:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: remove blanks Is there a func or a onliner for removing blanks from both ends? I'm using these: $username =~ s/^\s+//; $username =~ s/\s+$//; There got to be one out there! thanks, -rkl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
