Johnno wrote: > > How do i change $value="View Data" to $value="View_Data";
I guess you mean you want to substitue all spaces with underscores? $value =~ tr/ /_/; If you need any number of consecutive spaces to be a single underscore: $value =~ tr/ /_/s; If you need any amount of white space to be a single underscore: $value =~ s/\s+/_/g; See perldoc perlop and perldoc perlre -- Simon Oliver _______________________________________________ Perl-Unix-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs