On Sat, Nov 28, 2037 at 10:04:37AM +0800, billy wrote: > when i user substr,i find "Tab" key is calculated as 1,but i want to set it as >8,what will i do? > thks.
I'm not sure what you mean. Are you saying you want to replace the tab character with 8 spaces? In that case just do something like this, assumuming $data is the variable containing the tab(s). It simply replaces each tab with 8 spaces. $data =~ s/\t/' ' x 8/eg; HTH, -- Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jedimike.net/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]