Johnno wrote: > I am using this command and it works find... > > how would i change it so it would pick the ," and then do the split.. > > at the moment it picks up the , > > push @data, split /\,/,$_; > > Many thanks for all your help so far.
There are hundreds of ways to do it. You could read the lines into an array and join them with a ','. Then do your split. my @array = <IN>; my $lines = join ',', @array; my @data = split /,/, $lines; -- ,-/- __ _ _ $Bill Luebkert ICQ=14439852 (_/ / ) // // DBE Collectibles Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] / ) /--< o // // http://dbecoll.tripod.com/ (Free site for Perl) -/-' /___/_<_</_</_ Castle of Medieval Myth & Magic http://www.todbe.com/ _______________________________________________ Perl-Unix-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs