Hey Chaoz, <code> #!/usr/bin/perl
use strict; open(FILE,'<file.txt') or die "Can't open file.txt: $!\n"; my @text=(<FILE>); close(FILE); for(@text) { /(d+)$/; # Match only the numbers at the end of the string # and store them in '$1' to be printed out on the # next line followed by a new line character print $1,"\n"; } exit; </code> shawn ----- Original Message ----- From: "ChaoZ InferNo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 4:01 AM Subject: regular expression > hi all, > > i am working to split the data in my array as follows but ended up clueless, > hoope some of u can help. > > @text # contains values of a phone directory > $text[0] contains john=012345678 > > $phone1 = ? > > let say i wanted to grab just the values'012345678'. > how should i go on truncating the values? > > kindly advice pls. > > thanks! > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]