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Old 03-27-2011
PERL - Compare 2 strings, excluding whitespaces

I am creating a script to compare definitions and declarations of functions in C code, and report if the arguments are different.

So I need to compare the 2 strings (args of both), how can I do that?
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Old 03-28-2011
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Originally Posted by bojomojo
...So I need to compare the 2 strings (args of both), how can I do that?
Post your sample input data and the desired output.

tyler_durden
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Old 03-29-2011
Thanks alot but I figured it out..
I stripped the 2 strings of whitespaces before comparison Smilie
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