On Thu, 31 Aug 2000 09:41:37 -0400 (EDT), you wrotc:
>Nathan Wiger wrote:
>>In a very cool email, Bryan Warnock talked about half a dozen different
>>chop-like functions that are useful but not in core:
>>
>>http://www.mail-archive.com/perl6-language@perl.org/msg01522.html
>>
>>I think chop, champ, chip, and friends should be available via the
>>
>> use String::Chop;
>>
>>or related module.
>
>
>Useful functions all, no doubt. But I would lobby heavily for a new
>set of names -- ones that can be remembered! Quick -- which trims
>leading spaces, champ, chump, or chimp?
Why not use the "function" we already got, tr? Something like:
tr///l # Translate only _l_eading characters matching.
tr///t # Translate only _t_railing characters matching.
With "Only leading" I mean translate from start/end until you find a
character not matching. Then you can do nifty things such as:
tr/\w//dlt # Trim all leading & trailing whitespace from $_
Just a random idea...
-DZ
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