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# 8  
Old 09-28-2012
Try:
Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
my $n=2;

while(<>) {
 my $count=0;
 my @arr = split /[|]/,$_,-1;
 foreach (@arr) {
  if(/\Apatt\Z/) {
   $count++
  }
  if($count == $n) {
   s/patt/repl/;
   last
  }
 }
 $_ = join '|', @arr;
 print
}

Replace n, patt and repl as per your requirement.
# 9  
Old 09-28-2012
Quote:
$x="START|one|two|three|four|five|six|seven" ;
$x=~s/((.*?\|){3})(.*?\|)/$1text|/;
print $x

Quote:
START|one|two|text|four|five|six|seven
# 10  
Old 09-28-2012
Thanks! I will try them and get back.
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