I would like to remove all the spaces & tabs from a variable.
No, you wouldn't. You would like to remove possible whitespace from the beginning and end of a string.
my($word) = " Detail Design Activity Included ";
$word =~ s/^\s*(\D*)\s*$/$1/;
It's best done using two substitutions:
$word =~ s/^\s+//;
$word =~ s/\s+$//;-- Gunnar Hjalmarsson Email: http://www.gunnar.cc/cgi-bin/contact.pl
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