yes that is true, [5,6,7] need to be typed otherwise all entries are not accounted for.
Derek B. Smith OhioHealth IT UNIX / TSM / EDM Teams 614-566-4145 "JupiterHost.Net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] st.net> To beginners@perl.org 04/27/2005 11:13 cc AM Subject Re: REGEXP removing - il- - -b-f and - il- - - - f > If all you want is the last column, this is a really long way to go about it. > > while (<V4>) { > print (split)[7]; > print "\n"; > } I think that won't work due to some rows formatted like so: 2005/01/20 15:39 17 2% -il-o-b- - - - - sg F01000 unless that was typo? In that case "7" isn't always the index of the last item in the list from split. while (<V4>) { my @tmp = split; print "$tmp[ $#tmp ]\n"; } > This should be enough to get you started. On the whole, though, I'd > seriously recommend that you pick up a copy of a good intro perl book > (_Learning Perl_ springs to mind), and read the FAQ for this group on > how to identify (bad) examples of Perl 4 code, which it seems you've > been looking at. I second that! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>