Deb wrote: > Thanks for the quick reply... > > Okay, I could use Data::Dumper, but what do you mean by empty > leading field? Am I dense? (probably!) > > I don't really want to use D::D module, so what would I do to > alleviate this? Ensure no leading white space? I'll have to > give that a try (but my kids are not lettying me tayp; fdsa > right nows.) > > Tnx! >
Hi Deb, The leading space is that between the colon seperator and the first element. You can eliminate it with no extra coding by changing your first split statment: ($listname, $field) = split(/:\s+/, $_); Joseph -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
