Perl Trim Functions
# 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;
}
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