----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bruce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> something like this...
> $line =~ /(skip 3 chars)(get 5 chars)(skip 3 chars)...../

Maybe I am misunderstanding the question but do you mean like:

while ($input=~s/.{3}(.{5})// {
 $line=$1;
}

Cheers

Bod



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