On Sep 10, James Edward Gray II said: >tr/\t/ /; >s/(^| )([A-Za-z]+:) / length($1) ? "\t$2\t" : "$2\t" /eg; > >This does work on all the sample lines you provided.
I'd remove the length() call, and just see if $1 is true (" ") or false (""). -- Jeff "japhy" Pinyan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pobox.com/~japhy/ RPI Acacia brother #734 http://www.perlmonks.org/ http://www.cpan.org/ <stu> what does y/// stand for? <tenderpuss> why, yansliterate of course. [ I'm looking for programming work. If you like my work, let me know. ] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]