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From:
Salvador Fandiño
Date:
March 29, 2021 10:30
Subject:
Re: Let's talk about trim() so more
Message ID:
cb157e42-aa49-0df3-e7c3-3557750333bc@gmail.com
On 27/3/21 8:59, B. Estrade wrote:
> On 3/26/21 11:50 PM, Darren Duncan wrote:

> Can we just add "im" as modifiers to tr/// ? It comes with the handy 
> mnemonic, "tr///im".
> 
> my $new_str = tr/$str/\s/im;
> 
> Everybody wins. tr/// (and versus regexes) is no less confusing to 
> newbies and seasoned Perlers, alike.

You may be joking, but IMO adding a modifier to tr/// and s/// (say 
"b"), so that they match just at the beginning and at the end of lines 
would be a nice addition to the language:

   $foo =~ s/\s+//bg;
   $foo =~ s/\s+//bmg;


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