[oak perl] Simple Question re Zapping Blanks

[Kester Allen]

My favorite is:

    $str =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g;

(substitute one or more leading whitespace chars OR one or more
trailing chars with
nothing).

--Kester

On 11/9/05, Eugene <eugene at metaart.org> wrote:
> In Perl,
> what's the best way (or a good way, anyway)
> to zap leading and trailing blanks in a string?
>
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