Use: if($rec =~ /^#.+/) { $rec =~ s/^#//; print <<eof; <h1>$rec</h1> eof }
But you should close the prior table when printing this heading, and start another one after it. Teddy, Teddy's Center: http://teddy.fcc.ro/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 10:34 PM Subject: Text file format output Hello All, The code below shows lines in a text file with all the lines in this format "parameter=value", now I want to read lines starting with # signs and put them as headings in the html output, any idea , how I can achieve this. Thanks for your help. if ($rec =~ /=/) { ($first,$last)=split(/\=/,$rec); print "<tr><td><font size='2'><a href='edit_record.cgi?&first=$first&last=$last&configfile=$database'>Edit</a > - <a href='edit.cgi?action=delete&first=$first&last=$last&configfile=$database'>D elete</a></font></td><td><font size='2'>$first</font></td><td><font size='2'>$last</font></td><td></td></tr>\n"; } Suresh. -- 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]