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Removing Spaces In Scalar

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bretttt

bretttt

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Jul 23, 2002
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Hello, I have A scalar

$example=" blah blah blah";

how can i remove the spaces up to the first character?

Thank you.
 
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Code: 
$example =~ s/^\s+//;
\s+ = one or more whitespace chars.
 
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