#!/usr/bin/perl

# Declare the subroutines
sub trim($);
sub ltrim($);
sub rtrim($);

# Create a test string
my $string = "  \t  Hello world!   ";

# Here is how to output the trimmed text "Hello world!"
print trim($string)."\n";
print ltrim($string)."\n";
print rtrim($string)."\n";

# Perl trim function to remove whitespace from the start and end of the string
sub trim($) {
	my $string = shift;
	$string =~ s/^\s+//;
	$string =~ s/\s+$//;
	return $string;
}

# Left trim function to remove leading whitespace
sub ltrim($) {
	my $string = shift;
	$string =~ s/^\s+//;
	return $string;
}

# Right trim function to remove trailing whitespace
sub rtrim($) {
	my $string = shift;
	$string =~ s/\s+$//;
	return $string;
}

Tags: Perl Functions, Perl Tips