Hi Suppose this is the line after_click_color = cc6600
if I use @recField=split(/=/,$_); I will get $recField[0] as after_click_color and $recField[1] as cc6600 If there is space before/after = that will also be involved..What if I don;t wanted the space..I wanted to trim out the spaces before and after = Special case: There may be case like words follwoing ....In those the spaces b/w words need not be trimmed..I just wanted the remove the space before and after = after_click_color = This is test What is the solution I tried $recField[0] =~ s/" "//g; This is not helping..Please suggest a way...Any functions acailable.. A Thanks Anish
