substr($string,0,2) will give you the first two digits substr($string,5,1) will give you the sixth digit.
On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Michael Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a list of strings like this: > > 060001_000 > 060001_001 > 060001_002 > 060001_003 > 060001_004 > 070002_000 > 070002_001 > 070002_002 > 070002_003 > 070002_004 > > The position and value of the digits are significant. > > The first two digits give me a channel, i.e. 06=channel 1, 07= channel > 2, etc. > > The sixth digit gives me the day of the week, i.e. 1=Monday, 2=Saturday, > 4=Thursday, etc. > > The last two digits give me a time reference, i.e. 01=00:00:00, > 02=00:30:00, 10=03:00:00, 11=03:30:00, etc. > > I pretty much know what to do with the value once I get it, but I can't > figure out how to extract the digit by position. > > I have over 6,000 numbers in this list to pull data from and fill in a > form. I can fill in the form just fine with $strings. I just have to > get the right values in the $string. It will take several monotonous > weeks putting all this in by hand. > > Thanks, > Michael > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://learn.perl.org/ > > > -- Jialin Li 832-618-3598
