my $MyFirstTen = substr($MyVariable,0,10);
Assumes it has no leading spaces and have cleaned up the variable.

Wags ;)

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Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 08:27
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Subject: Get the first 10 characters.


How do I get the first 10 characters of a string?

Mike


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