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Re: Perl expression

On Sat, 06 Jan 2001 01:39:24 +0530
Sumit Rangawala <sumitr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Prashant Ramachandra wrote:
> 
> > $string =~ s/^  *// # Two spaces after ^.
> >
> 
> Not necessarly two space. Even one will suffice.
Last mail I suggested to use 

$string = "     Hello World";
($newstr) = $string =~ m/\s*(.*)/;

with this you wont loose original string. Ofcourse it depends on requirement.