Category "perl"

Perl to Python hash table Translation

Hi I'm working on converting perl to python for something to do. I've been looking at some code on hash tables in perl and I've come across a line of code that

Removing leading, trailing and multiple spaces within a string

I would like to remove all leading and trailing spaces. As well as replace multiple spaces with a single space within a string, so that all words in a string ar

What type is STDOUT, and how do I optionally write to it?

Does STDOUT have a "type"? printf STDERR ("STDOUT = %s\n", STDOUT); printf STDERR ("\*STDOUT = %s\n", *STDOUT); printf STDERR ("\\\*STDOUT = %s\n", \*STDOUT);