On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 11:02:20 -0500, you wrote:
>The only stupid question is the one you don't ask. :)
>
>Try something like the following (assuming you have the contents of the line
>in a variable):
>
>if ($line=~/^(.*?)-/)
>{
> $beg_of_line = $1;
> #do your other stuff with it...
>}
>
>Elizabeth Lawrence
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
That did it. Thanks!
Mike-
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