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Removing line break character and space from form data

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Hi all,

Tricky question. I know how to remove line break characters and spaces by
using the code below:


$message =~ s/\n//g;
$message =~ s/\s//g;


........... how do you do it if you do not want to remove the first line break??? - but then remove the rest. So in other words, you want to skip the first line break.

Thanks in advance,
mccalla
Oct 30 '08 #1
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KevinADC
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There will be a number of ways to do this. Heres one way:

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  1. $message =~ s/\n/[n]/;
  2. $message =~ s/\n//g;
  3. $message =~ s/\[n\]/\n/;
  4.  
Oct 30 '08 #2

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