.
>
>my @data=("Days
>Old:143--User:yevala--Element:/vobs/ivr/air.pj/hdrs/irDefines.h"
>);
>foreach(@data)
>{
>my @data1=split(':', $_, 1);
>print "@data1\n";
>}
>
>But i am not getting 143 out of it.Hello, How about using regex to extract it? $ perl -le ' > $str = "Days Old:143--User:yevala--Element:/vobs/ivr/air.pj/hdrs/irDefines.h"; > $str =~ s/Old:\d+/Old:/; > print $str;' Days Old:--User:yevala--Element:/vobs/ivr/air.pj/hdrs/irDefines.h -- Jeff Pang EMAIL: pangj<at>earthlink.net AIM: jeffpang -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
