On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 1:49 AM, Rodrick Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip > For example if you we're only interested in fields 1,3, and 5 you > could do something like > ($field1,undef,$field3,undef,$field5) = split/.../; > > Or you can do something like (split//...)[3] snip
You can also say my ($field1, $field3, $field5) = (split /.../, $var)[0,2,5]; -- Chas. Owens wonkden.net The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
