"Paul Kraus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Nope I wish.
>
> 3 fields. 1 is a part number, 2 is cost, 3 is list.
> I am removing the '$' for 2 and 3. where as I am removing white space
> from 1,2,&3.
> I was just trying to do it all in one statement.
Ah, I see. Leading or trailing whitespace or a (leading?) dollar.
> Frank Wiles solution worked perfectly.
> s/(?:^\s+|\$+|\s+$)//g
Great. Except that the clustering isn't necessary.
s/^\s+|\$+|\s+$//g
does the same thing. Or even:
s/^[\s$]+|\s+$//g
which removes only leading dollars, rather than dollars
anywhere in the string. I doubt if it matters though :)
Rob
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