In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mike M wrote: > I've found this script on another message board that is close, but still > doesn't work with my data. Any ideas on modifications? I think my > biggest problem is the regex in the split function, because what this does > is match ONLY against the first column in the line, when I need it to > match anything > in the fourth column. Thanks for your help, and I'll see what I can do > about allowing playboy.com (although since I work at a public school > district, it might not be a good idea!)
Even worse (I had assumed this was for an employer)... > The script follows: [...] > while(my $line=<FILE2>) > { > my($num); > ($num, undef)=split /\s+/,$line, 2; [...] This, I believe, says "split $line on white space into two pieces; place first piece into $num and throw away the rest." If you look at perldoc -f split and then try a couple tests, you should be able to get what you want. -Kevin (no expert though) P.S. - No top-posting please. -- Kevin Pfeiffer -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]