Chuck Lee wrote: > ff fe 0a 00 53 00 74 00 61 00 72 00 74 00 69 00 6e 00 67 00 20 00 69 00 6e > 00 73 > 00 74 00 61 00 6c 00 6c 00 2c 00 20 00 70 00 6f 00 72 00 74 00 3a 00 20 00 > 38 0 > 0 30 00 2e 00 0a 00 0a 00 43 00 72 00 65 00 61 00 74 00 69 00 6e 00 67 00 20 > 00 > 77 00 65 00 62 00 20 00 68 00 74 00 74 00 70 00 3a 00 2f 00 2f 00 63 00 68 > 00 75 > 00 63 00 6b 00 30 00 35 00 2e 00 63 00 6f 00 6d 00 2e 00 0a 00 49 00 6e 00 > 73 0 > 0 74 00 61 00 6c 00 6c 00 20 00 63 00 6f 00 6d 00 70 00 6c 00 65 00 74 00 65 > 00 > 64 00 2e 00 0a 00 > > I take it the 00 means space?
No, 00 is a null character - 20 would be a space. You'll need to remove the null chars $var =~ s/\x00//g; -- ,-/- __ _ _ $Bill Luebkert Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (_/ / ) // // DBE Collectibles Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] / ) /--< o // // Castle of Medieval Myth & Magic http://www.todbe.com/ -/-' /___/_<_</_</_ http://dbecoll.tripod.com/ (My Perl/Lakers stuff) _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Web mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs