Or, as Jonathan (?) pointed out to me not too long ago, there is a special case of split that wipes leading whitespace before splitting on /\s+/:
split(' ', $line); Enjoy. - B __________________ Hi Paul, Just use : ($month, $day, $time) = (split /\s+/, $line); the /s+ stands for 1 or more spaces. Regs David ----------------- > > I have a logfile that has the following format: > > month day time > > The problem is splitting on the "space" - split(/ /). Sometimes there are more than one space. How can I get perl to split on 1 or more spaces? > > > -- > 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] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]