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From: Xin_Li at WellspringRes dot com
Subject: RE: Remove Leading Whitespaces
Date: Sep 27 1999 9:31PM
Thanks. I'm a new one for PERL and no manual so far. Can you recommend me
some better books on PERL or good web site on which I can download some
useful staff?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Peppler [SMTP:mpeppler@peppler.org]
> Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 4:03 PM
> To: SybPerl Discussion List
> Subject: Re: Remove Leading Whitespaces
>
> Xin_Li@WellspringRes.com writes:
> > Thanks. But if I want to remove the leading spaces or whitespaces, how
> > should I do?
>
> s/^\s*//;
>
> Seriously though - spending some time with the manual (perldoc perlre)
> would be a good idea at this point.
>
> Michael
>
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Michael Peppler [SMTP:mpeppler@peppler.org]
> > > Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 2:30 PM
> > > To: SybPerl Discussion List
> > > Subject: RE: where does it come from? help please.
> > >
> > > Xin_Li@WellspringRes.com writes:
> > > > What's the meaning of $ in /\s*$/
> > >
> > > End of the string. The reg-exp means "all the whitespace at the end
> of
> > > the string"
> > >
> > > Michael
> > >
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Simon Haven [SMTP:Simon.Haven@wdr.com]
> > > > > Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 1:05 PM
> > > > > To: SybPerl Discussion List
> > > > > Subject: Re: where does it come from? help please.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > But in this case, if some one has space(s) at the end in
> his/her
> > > > > password,
> > > > > > it fails...
> > > > >
> > > > > No it won't fail, it's doing exactly what rtrim() would do.
> > > > > /\s*$/ will find zero or more occurrences of whitespace before
> the
> > > end of
> > > > > line.
> > > > > However, if I read my definition of "\s" right in the Camel
> book, it
> > > WILL
> > > > > remove the newline - which may not be a problem, but might be
> worth
> > > > > knowing.
> > > > >
> > > > > Simon
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Murali
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > > From: Michael Peppler [SMTP:mpeppler@peppler.org]
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > NB, make sure you're using chop, not chomp, which only
> removes
> > > a
> > > > > > > newline.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Use s/// instead of chop (eg $var =~ s/\s*$//;)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Michael
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