It's been my experience that readers of this group relish a demonstration of their persnicketiness. For this I give the following; it works, but doesn't appeal to me:
my @tmp_list; my @list; my $description; push @tmp_list, split(/\t/,$_,6); push @list, $tmp_list[0], $tmp_list[1],$tmp_list[2],$tmp_list[3],$tmp_list[5]; $description = $tmp_list[4]; There are six sub-strings separated by tab stops. Sub-strings zero through three and five are extracted to a list. Sub-string four is extracted to its own variable. Suggestions? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]