Get data in between large blanks

[Oni]

I have a variable:

$var = " some writing ";

And I only want to get the "some writing" part of it.

I've tired many ways to do it, but I can't seem to get any of them to work.

Any suggestions? 🙁

[Houdini]

What exactly do you mean? You show $var=" some writing"; with the value being a space then the actual value then you show that you only want the "some writing" and since I am assuming (probably wrong) that you would like just some writing with no space in front then you would use something like $newvar= ltrim($var);

Of course with no code to see what you have attempted it would be almost impossible to really answer your question.

[Oni]

Actually, your assumption is totally correct 😉

But how can I also make it so that the spaces after the "some writing" is also gone?
I'm sure there's a more efficient answer then getting the opposite of the variable and running the same command again...

Thanks! 😃

[Installer]

trim()
String Functions

[Houdini]

Great answer Installer, I only saw code with spaces to the left and assumed they meant ltrim() and with that all I could do was give the response that I did, however had I known that all spacing both right and left then trim() would have been the response. It is possible that ltrim() in some cases would be correct or even rtrim() but that is up to whoever is coding the script.

[Installer]

I thought your answer was a good one, too, seeing as how the manual page for ltrim() says "See also trim() and rtrim()." 🙂