Aditi Gupta wrote: > Hi everybody, > > Can we use substr function for a string like: > $file = atom 12 N VAL A 1 12.435 13.66 34.6 32.1 32 a N > can the decimal numbers be extracted using > $x= substr($file, offset, length) > (the exact field lenghts of each field are known). > > Thanks in advance.. >
Did you try? Did it fail? Likely easier with 'unpack', perldoc -f unpack perldoc -f pack http://danconia.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
