Learn Perl wrote:
> I have a simple question.
>
> Is there ways to get rid of any spaces within a variable?
>
> say the variable holds " R" or "R " or " R ".
> is there a function I could use for that?
> I tried chomp but it will only get rid of the last space but not the
> leading spaces.
You
Steve Grazzini wrote:
>
> There are several reasonable answers, and I'm not
> sure which one you're looking for:
>
> 1) tr/ //d # remove all *spaces*
1.5) tr/ \n\r\t\f//d # remove all whitespace (quickly)
> 2) s/\s+//g # remove all "whitespace"
>
> And check:
>
> $ perldoc -q
Learn Perl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I have a simple question.
>
> Is there ways to get rid of any spaces within a variable?
>
> say the variable holds " R" or "R " or " R ".
> is there a function I could use for that?
> I tried chomp but it will only get rid of the last space but
> not t
Welcome to the world of regular expressions
perldoc perlretut - for lots of info
for your problem:
$variable =~ s/\s//g;
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learn perl wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I have a simple question.
>
> Is there ways to get rid of any spaces within a variable?
>
> say the variable h
$str = " a_ string ";
$str =~ s/\s+//g;
print $str;
btw. chomp() removes the character defined by $/ (newline unless you change
it) from the end of a string.
chop() removes the last character from a string.
> -Original Message-
> From: learn perl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent:
Hi -
Use this simple regex:
$var =~ s/ //g;
or if your variable is in $_, just
s/ //g;
Aloha => Beau.
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From: learn perl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 1:38 PM
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Subject: deleting spaces
Hi guys,
I have a simple quest
