Thanks Andrew and Jeff. ($cmd1, $rest)=split/\s+/,cmd$; worked for me. my ($cmd1) = split/\s+/,$cmd; is still giving me the length... I wanted to use something like above ... Jeff,
Is there any thing else I need to change in the line... Thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: Andrew Curry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, September 20, 2007 5:33 pm Subject: RE: White space split To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], beginners@perl.org > Split returns an array > So you need to do something like > > #!/bin/perl > $cmd="maheshverama #XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX#"; > ($key,$value)=split(/\s+/,$cmd); > print "$key, $value\n"; > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 20 September 2007 12:56 > To: beginners@perl.org > Subject: White space split > > Hello, > > I am trying to do this > > #!/bin/perl > $cmd="maheshverama #XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX#"; > $cmd1=split /\s+/,$cmd; > print $cmd1; > > Wanted the first part to be taken its giving me some numbers as output. > > Thanks > Manoj > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional > commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/ > > > > This e-mail is from the PA Group. For more information, see > www.thepagroup.com. > > This e-mail may contain confidential information. Only the addressee > is > permitted to read, copy, distribute or otherwise use this email or any > attachments. If you have received it in error, please contact the sender > immediately. Any opinion expressed in this e-mail is personal to the > sender > and may not reflect the opinion of the PA Group. > > Any e-mail reply to this address may be subject to interception or > monitoring for operational reasons or for lawful business practices. > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://learn.perl.org/ > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
