On 6/6/05, Nischi wrote: > This works in ASCII but my question is why is it not working in EBCIDIC. why > $1 is not having \xa0\xa0\xa0.
As I said, I don't know. I don't have access to such a system. (It's called EBCDIC, by the way - no "I" between the "C" and "D") Maybe it's your Perl version. What is the output of "perl -V"? Try reading "perldoc perlebcdic" http://perldoc.perl.org/perlebcdic.html HTH, -- Offer Kaye -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>