The Code (Whitespace Supression)

  use Data::Phrasebook;

  my $q = Data::Phrasebook->new();
  $q->load(
              loader => 'XML',
              file   => {
                          file => 'phrases.xml',
                          ignore_whitespace => 1,
              },
              dict   => 'American'
  );

  # $value =~ s/^\s+//; # trim
  # $value =~ s/\s+$//; # trim
  # $value =~ s/\s*[\r\n]+\*/ /gs; # single space