[HRPM] matching blank lines

[Lyman Byrd]

Would something like 
^\s+$ work?
Lyman

On 06-Nov-2000 Troy E. Webster wrote:
> Ok time for a stupid question,
> 
> I need a bullet proof way to match a blank line with whatever
> whitespace
> is on it.
> 
> using $line eq "\n" isn't working in all cases.
> 
> Isn't there a way to match *only* whitespace using the =~ operator?
> 
> Thanks,
> Troy
> 
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     Date: 06-Nov-2000     Time: 17:39:01
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