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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

See your other post. substr will work but it'll only work for you with a pipe delimited files that has all the exact same field and record lengths

# Loop over a file and read $LINE {
$text = split ('|', $line)[2];
}