On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 12:00:44 +0530, Anish Kumar K. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I tried > $recField[0] =~ s/" "//g; This is a FAQ and is well discussed in this group's Usenet archives as well on perldoc.com under Faq4: http://perldoc.com/perl5.8.4/pod/perlfaq4.html http://perldoc.com/perl5.8.4/pod/perlfaq4.html#How-do-I-strip-blank-space-from-the-beginning-end-of-a-string- $recField[0] =~ /^\s+//; # Erase starting white space $recField[0] =~ /\s+$//; # Erase ending white space -- WC -Sx- Jones http://insecurity.org/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>