Marc M Dawson wrote: > I am supposed to parse a text file such as this- > 781457 Hartanto Victor Setiawan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 777557 Hatfield Benjamin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 779777 Henry James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 777947 Hergert Michael William <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 778097 Iverson Jennifer Marsee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >
open (INFO, "your_text_file") or die "open failed : $!\n"; while (<INFO>) { chomp; my @info_arr = split (/\s+/); #if @info_arr has 5 elements there is a middle name } close (INFO); -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]