"Hanson, Robert" wrote: > > It sounds like you might have multiple spaces between some elements. > > Try this... > > @date = split(/\s+/,$date);
but it will also split on \n,\t.... so / +/ would be better if it's just space you wanna split on /jon > > This will split on one or more spaces. > > Rob > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alex Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 9:51 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: split, ignoring spaces > > I'm doing the following to seperate out items: > > @date = split(/ /,$date); > > However, I keep ending up with a space in @date[3]. How do I totally > eliminate spaces so only words/numbers appear in the array? > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]