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From:
David Nicol
Date:
February 25, 2022 07:24
Subject:
Re: trim vs trimmed revisited
Message ID:
CAFwScO92bpf2TczN_bXDGqWdME8CzwAsftj1jin=84kAqPsbjg@mail.gmail.com
IMO trim should operate in place in void context and return the substring
in nonvoid context. Optimizing


>> $string = trim($string);
>

Into

        ; trim($string);

is clearer but unnecessary.

      $string =~ s/\s*(.*?)\s*$/$1/;

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