Hi, I want to perform a simple split operation, but can't get the regular expr working. Can anybody help me on this? my $line from a file read is: xyz abc 12sd "pqr stz" dfg (delimited by blank char). I'm doing my ($par1, $par2, $par3, $par4, $par5) = split(/ /, $line); and I'm getting $par4 = "pqr $par5 = stz", which I don't want. I want $par4 = "pqr stz", & $par5 = dfg Thanks in advance. -Basak _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com