1String::Trim(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation String::Trim(3)
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6 String::Trim - trim whitespace from your strings
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9 version 0.005
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12 use String::Trim;
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19 "String::Trim" trims whitespace off your strings. chomp trims only $/
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25 Returns the string with all leading and trailing whitespace removed.
26 Trimming undef gives you undef. Alternatively, you can trim in-place.
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45 "trim" is often used by beginners, who may not understand how to spin
46 their own. While String::Util does have a "trim" function, it depends
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51 Other options include Text::Trim and String::Strip (which is
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56 The latest version of this module is available from the Comprehensive
57 Perl Archive Network (CPAN). Visit <http://www.perl.com/CPAN/> to find
58 a CPAN site near you, or see
59 <http://search.cpan.org/dist/String-Trim/>.
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61 The development version lives at
62 <http://github.com/doherty/String-Trim> and may be cloned from
63 <git://github.com/doherty/String-Trim.git>. Instead of sending
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68 The development version is on github at
69 <http://github.com/doherty/String-Trim> and may be cloned from
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75 Please report any bugs or feature requests through the web interface at
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79 This module was inspired by code at
80 <http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=36684> written by japhy (Jeff
81 Pinyan), dragonchild, and Aristotle. This Perl module was written by
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85 · Mike Doherty <doherty@cpan.org>
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91 · Αριστοτέλης Παγκαλτζής (Aristotle Pagaltzis) <aristotle@cpan.org>
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94 This software is copyright (c) 2010 by Mike Doherty.
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96 This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
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