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Text:CSV_XS has a native builtin way to delete trailing and leading whitespace:

my $csv= text::CSV_XS->new ({ binary => 1, allow_whitespace => 1, auto +_diag => 1 });

But that would not help in this case for two reasons

  • It does not strip whitespace inside quotation, but only surrounding sep_char:
    allow_whitespace When this option is set to true, whitespace (TAB's and SPAC +E's) surrounding the separation character is removed when parsin +g. If either TAB or SPACE is one of the three major characters "sep_char", "quote_char", or "escape_char" it will not be considered whitespace.
  • Thee whitespace stripped is only space or TAB's, and not non-breaking Unicode space stuff

Spreadsheet::Read however offers to strip leading and trailing whitespace from every field. I could extend that on request to allow it to strip Unicode whitespace too.

strip If set, "ReadData ()" will remove trailing- and/or leading- whitespace from every field. strip leading strailing ----- ------- --------- 0 n/a n/a 1 strip n/a 2 n/a strip 3 strip strip

Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

In reply to Re^2: This looks like whitespace in my CSV but doesn't seem to be by Tux
in thread This looks like whitespace in my CSV but doesn't seem to be by ghenry

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