From: Harry Kakueki <list.push@...>
Date: 2010-03-30T12:18:11+09:00
Subject: Re: return number of spaces at the beginning of a line

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Jesse B. <jessebos@aol.com> wrote:
> How would I find the number of spaces at the beginning of a line before
> the occurrance of the first non-space character?
>
> Would the best method be to use a regular expression that covers all
> non-space characters and get the index of the first occurrance of that?
> --

If I understand your question correctly,

str = "     hello"
p str =~ /\S/


Harry