On Jan 6, Mad B.Jones said: > $name="Dave"; > $in="textfile.txt"; > open(INFILE, "<$in"); > @string=<INFILE>; > $string="$string[0]";
The contents of @string are raw text. You'll need to expand the variables in it manually: perldoc -q 'expand variables' That FAQ will tell you what to do. -- Jeff "japhy" Pinyan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pobox.com/~japhy/ RPI Acacia brother #734 http://www.perlmonks.org/ http://www.cpan.org/ ** Look for "Regular Expressions in Perl" published by Manning, in 2002 ** <stu> what does y/// stand for? <tenderpuss> why, yansliterate of course. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
