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Regexp::Common::whitespace(3)        User Contributed Perl Documentation       Regexp::Common::whitespace(3)



NAME
       Regexp::Common::whitespace -- provides a regex for leading or trailing whitescape

SYNOPSIS
           use Regexp::Common qw /whitespace/;

           while (<>) {
               s/$RE{ws}{crop}//g;           # Delete surrounding whitespace
           }

DESCRIPTION
       Please consult the manual of Regexp::Common for a general description of the works of this interface.

       Do not use this module directly, but load it via Regexp::Common.

       $RE{ws}{crop}

       Returns a pattern that identifies leading or trailing whitespace.

       For example:

               $str =~ s/$RE{ws}{crop}//g;     # Delete surrounding whitespace

       The call:

               $RE{ws}{crop}->subs($str);

       is optimized (but probably still slower than doing the s///g explicitly).

       This pattern does not capture under "-keep".

HISTORY
        $Log: whitespace.pm,v $
        Revision 2.103  2003/07/04 13:34:05  abigail
        Fixed assignment to

        Revision 2.102  2003/02/11 09:48:54  abigail
        Added

        Revision 2.101  2003/02/01 22:55:31  abigail
        Changed Copyright years

        Revision 2.100  2003/01/21 23:19:40  abigail
        The whole world understands RCS/CVS version numbers, that 1.9 is an
        older version than 1.10. Except CPAN. Curse the idiot(s) who think
        that version numbers are floats (in which universe do floats have
        more than one decimal dot?).
        Everything is bumped to version 2.100 because CPAN couldn't deal
        with the fact one file had version 1.10.

        Revision 1.2  2002/08/27 16:59:39  abigail
        Fix POD

        Revision 1.1  2002/08/27 16:58:59  abigail
        Initial checkin.

SEE ALSO
       Regexp::Common for a general description of how to use this interface.

AUTHOR
       Damian Conway (damian@conway.org)

MAINTAINANCE
       This package is maintained by Abigail (regexp-common@abigail.nl).

BUGS AND IRRITATIONS
       Bound to be plenty.

       For a start, there are many common regexes missing.  Send them in to regexp-common@abigail.nl.

COPYRIGHT
            Copyright (c) 2001 - 2003, Damian Conway. All Rights Reserved.
              This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed
             and/or modified under the terms of the Perl Artistic License
                   (see http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html)



perl v5.8.8                                      2003-07-04                    Regexp::Common::whitespace(3)