If you have fixed width values, separated by spaces and with no spaces in the values, you could use the super simple:
@list_of_values = split ' ', $fixed_width_line; On Wednesday, September 4, 2002, at 11:00 AM, zanardi2k2 wrote: > I started to use perl a couple of months ago in my spare time, so i am > sorry if my question is about a very simple thing. > > I extract data from an AS/400 table, and i am not able to get a decent > CSV format. So i have to choose a fixed-width format. Now i have to > get > all values. Is there something better than: > > $var1=substr($_, 0, 10) > $var2=substr($_, 11, 16) > $var3=... > > to do this? > Thank you in advance. > > -- > Zanardi2k2 > > -- > 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]