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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers substr in perl Post 302272731 by ChicagoBlues on Wednesday 31st of December 2008 03:14:28 PM
Old 12-31-2008
substr in perl

Let's assume that I have a file with contents delimited by pipe:

"The mouse|ran up|the|clock"
"May|had a|little|lamb"

How would I use 'substr' to get the 3rd field. For example, "the" from the first line, and "little" from the second line?

# Loop over a file and read $LINE {
$text = substr($LINE, ...I need help here);
}

Also assume that the number of fields (or pipes) are the same for each line.
Thanks,

- CB
 

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