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print NEW_FILE "$C'$A'$B"; -Paresh. At 08:01 PM 4/8/2002 +0100, Ho, Tony wrote: >Hi guys >I was wondering if you could help me. >In my perl code, I am reading a file with the following line: > > 123000 > >There are 3 spaces before 123000. >I unpack the values into 2 variables, A and B >A is assigned the 3 spaces and B is assigned the value 123000. >I have another variable C which is assigned the value 600. > >If I write the values A, B and C to a new file using the following code: > >print NEW_FILE $C$A$B > >I get the following result: > >600123000 > >I was hoping to get to obtain the following result: > >600 123000 > >Any ideas why the spaces in variable A is not taken into account ? > >I would be most grateful if you could let me know. >Thanks in advance >Tony -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]