Ur Help is Highly APPRECIATED
> From: Dave Neill [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> If you mean by "field 15" the fifteenth element in your array, try:
>
> > while($line=<iscd>){
>
> > chomp $line;
>
> > @fields=split "\t",$line;
>
*****************if ($fields[14] =~ /M/)
{********************************
> > printf sortcode "\n%6.6
>
> > s%8.8s%27.27s%20.20s%5.5s%16.16s%10.10s%8.8s%10.10s",
>
> > $fields[0],$fields[5],
>
> >
>
> > $fields[70],$fields[71],$fields[73],$fields[74],$fields[75],
>
> > $fields[76],$fields[77];
>
> }
>
> > }
>
> >
>
> > close iscd;
>
> > close sortcode;
>
> > exit;
>
> You'll want to read up on if regexp matching to make this condition more
> restrictive and to find out how to match your other conditions.
>
>
>
Thanks for your reply early it was much appricated. I have two
questions please;
1. If we are after field 15, how comes you used field 14 in your
answer please! *************if ($fields[14] =~ /M/)***********************
2. Were could I read up on 'regexp' please!
Kind Regards,
GD