Owen wrote:
You need to run something like this. Adapt to your requirements ============================================================ #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; while (<DATA>) { my $line = $_; if ( $line =~ /QQQ/ ) { my @bits = split; print "$bits[$#bits -1]\n"; } }
Or more simply: #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; while (<DATA>) { if ( /QQQ/ ) { print +( split )[ -2 ], "\n"; } } John -- Perl isn't a toolbox, but a small machine shop where you can special-order certain sorts of tools at low cost and in short order. -- Larry Wall -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/