help with gsub

[janolan]

I have a string that I need to fill up the white space with a plus "+" sign. When I use gsub, it also puts the + sign at the beginning of the string. How can I get the + sign just in the white space of the string but not at the beginning?

Instruction: gsub(/ /, "+", $3);

Input line:
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Current output:
+Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+6.0;+Windows+NT+5.1)

 

[PHV]

quick and dirty:
gsub(/ /, "+", $3); $3=substr($3,2)

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[janolan]

Thank you! Works perfectly!