--- trunk/lib/Biblio/Isis.pm	2006/10/29 15:37:43	69
+++ trunk/lib/Biblio/Isis.pm	2007/05/18 20:26:01	70
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 BEGIN {
 	use Exporter ();
 	use vars qw ($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK %EXPORT_TAGS);
-	$VERSION     = 0.23;
+	$VERSION     = 0.24_1;
 	@ISA         = qw (Exporter);
 	#Give a hoot don't pollute, do not export more than needed by default
 	@EXPORT      = qw ();
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@
 option is included to support lagacy application written against version
 older than 0.21 of this module. By default, it disabled. See L</to_hash>.
 
+=item ignore_empty_subfields
+
+Remove all empty subfields while reading from ISIS file.
+
 =back
 
 =cut
@@ -139,7 +143,7 @@
 
 	croak "new needs database name (isisdb) as argument!" unless ({@_}->{isisdb});
 
-	foreach my $v (qw{isisdb debug include_deleted hash_filter join_subfields_with}) {
+	foreach my $v (qw{isisdb debug include_deleted hash_filter join_subfields_with ignore_empty_subfields}) {
 		$self->{$v} = {@_}->{$v} if defined({@_}->{$v});
 	}
 
@@ -384,7 +388,15 @@
 		# skip zero-sized fields
 		next if ($FieldLEN[$i] == 0);
 
-		push @{$self->{record}->{$FieldTAG[$i]}}, substr($buff,$FieldPOS[$i],$FieldLEN[$i]);
+		my $v = substr($buff,$FieldPOS[$i],$FieldLEN[$i]);
+
+		if ( $self->{ignore_empty_subfields} ) {
+			$v =~ s/(\^\w)+(\^\w)/$2/g;
+			$v =~ s/\^\w$//;			# last on line?
+			next if ($v eq '');
+		}
+
+		push @{$self->{record}->{$FieldTAG[$i]}}, $v;
 	}
 
 	$self->{'current_mfn'} = $mfn;
@@ -758,6 +770,10 @@
 
 =over 8 
 
+=item 0.24
+
+Added C<ignore_empty_subfields>
+
 =item 0.23
 
 Added C<hash_filter> to L</to_hash>