Roee Rubin wrote: > I would like to strip off all trailing and proceeding white > spaces in a string .... FAQ. `perldoc -q space` has as its first suggestion "How do I strip blank space from the beginning/end of a string?". The answer is essentially the one given by Ben, with a couple of additional suggestions. Please grep the FAQ or try `perldoc -q keyword` on a few keywords that come to mind before asking. :-) Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> All opinions are my own, not my employer's. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-users