"Anish Kumar K." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Anish Kumar K." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Hi > > > > Suppose this is the line > > after_click_color = cc6600 > > > > > > if I use > > @recField=split(/=/,$_); > > > > I will get > > > > $recField[0] as after_click_color > > and > > $recField[1] as cc6600 > > > > If there is space before/after = that will also be involved..What if I > don;t > > wanted the space..I wanted to trim out the spaces before and after =
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Try this.... > > > > @recField = split /\s*=\s*/, $_; > Yes thanks it is working fine in cases where there is space before/after = > > But what if there is space before and after varable name, i.e > > after_click_color = > cc6600 > > in this case I do it will fail... > I need the output as > $recField[0] as after_click_color > $recField[1] as cc6600 At this point, I'm wondering if you might be better off using m// instead of split(): @recField = m/(\S+)\s*=\s*(\S+)/; That will capture any two non-whitespace fields, seperated by (possible space and) an equals sign. It will ignore any whitespace at the beginning or end of the original string. Paul Lalli -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
