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By podtech
- In Perl
Perl – Trim Text, Trim String
Left trim- ltrim or lstrip removes white spaces from the left side of a string:
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$str =~ s/^\s+//;
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Right trim – rtrim or rstrip removes white spaces from the right side of a string:
[perl]
$str =~ s/\s+$//;
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Trim Both
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$str =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g
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[perl]
my $x = trim (” HELLO “);
sub trim($)
{
# Remove LEft and right additional spaces
my $string = shift;
$string =~ s/^\s+//;
$string =~ s/\s+$//;
return $string;
}
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