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LEOCHARRE::Strings - Combines string procedures I frequently use

SYNOPSIS
       use LEOCHARRE:Strings ':all';
   
       my $var = ' /path/to/file ';
   
       shomp $var; # remove whitespace leading and trailing
   
       my $shell_safe = sq($var); # escapes chars for shell
       pretty($var); # make pretty

SUBS
    Not imported by default.

  sq()
    String::ShellQuote::shell_quote. Arg is string, makes safe for shell
    use.

  pretty()
    String::Prettify::prettify()

  shomp()
    Arg is string variable. Takes out all leading and ending whitespace from
    string.

       my $var= ' this is ';

       shomp $var;

       # now $var is 'this is'

    Returns true if it found something, false if not. This alters your
    original variable, as chomp would. cannot take lists as args.

  is_blank()
    Arg is string. Returns true if it's defined, and has a non space char.
    Returns false if undefined or ony contains whitespace.

  is_comment()
    Arg is string. Returns true if it's # comment line only, false
    otherwise.

  boc() is_blank_or_comment()
    Arg is string. Returns true if it's a blank like or comment line.

AUTHOR
    Leo Charre leocharre at cpan dot org

LICENSE
    This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the same terms as Perl itself, i.e., under the terms of the
    'Artistic License' or the 'GNU General Public License'.

DISCLAIMER
    This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
    WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

    See the 'GNU General Public License' for more details.


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REQUIRES

Carp: 1
Exporter: 5
Smart::Comments: 1
String::Prettify: 1.03
String::ShellQuote: 1.03
Test::Simple: 0


INSTALL

   perl Makefile.PL
   make install