On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 12:08:25PM -0400, David Merrill wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm working on my very first perl application, which is a front end to
> a database for the LDP. I am trying to truncate a string, using:
>
> $title =~ s/\s*$//;
>
> where $title = "The Linux Programmer's Guide "
>
> and it is being truncated after the ' mark. All I want to do is remove
> the trailing spaces from the string. Can someone please help?
I am unable to duplicate your problem:
[ bayazid ~ ] perl
$title = "The Linux Programmer's Guide ";
$title =~ s/\s*$//;
print "=>$title<=\n";
^D
=>The Linux Programmer's Guide<=
[ bayazid ~ ]
Have you read the FAQ? Please post the actual code causing the problem.
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