Like this... $string="1 blabla";
my @lines = split("\n", $string); # testing... print "1: $lines[0]\n"; print "2: $lines[1]\n"; See perldoc -f split if you want more info on the command. Rob -----Original Message----- From: Pablo Fischer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 11:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Split NewLines Hi! I have in $string something like: $string="1 blabla"; When Im printing $string I get a new line between 1 and blabla, now I needt o split that.. in my($number, $real_string) = split... How can I split it? Thanks! Pd. Its a scalar variable Pablo -- Pablo Fischer Sandoval ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.pablo.com.mx http://www.debianmexico.org GPG FingerTip: 3D49 4CB8 8951 F2CA 8131 AF7C D1B9 1FB9 6B11 810C Firma URL: http://www.pablo.com.mx/firmagpg.txt -- 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]