my ($word, $num1, $num2) = $string =~ /^\s*(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s*$/; This matches ^ - the start of the string \s* - any number (including 0) of spaces (\S+) - any number (not including 0) of NON spaces. It also saves the value \s+ - any number (not including 0) of spaces (\S+) - see above \s+ - see above (\S+) - see above \s* - see above $ - the end of the string (including a possible newline)
The saved values will then be set back to the three variables $word, $num1, and $num2 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Stearman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 12:02 PM Subject: Creating variables of a string > > Hi, > > I have a string that contains a word and 2 numbers. For example, > > Michael 57 3 > > I want to assign each of these three to different variables. My only > problem is that the word and the numbers are always different and the space > between the words and numbers is always different as well. Does anyone know > how I would assign the word and numbers to three different variables? > Thanks in advance. > > Mike. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
