Getting Part Of A Line?

kings_on_steeds · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 1:13 pm Post subject:

Hello, I Know It Can Be Done But I Dont Know How, I Would Like To Get My Program To Open A File, Read Each Line But Only Take Say 20 Chars From The Line, Now I Know How To Do The Open And Send To A Var, But I Dont Know How To Tell It To Only Push 20 Chars, Can Any One Help? Tnks

Example

draget · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 1:18 pm Post subject:

have a look at one of the many quotes commands

malefactor · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 4:36 pm Post subject:

substr(string,start,length)

mattaustin · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 4:39 pm Post subject:

SUBSTR:

print substr($str,0,20);

Pattern matching:

($data) = $str =~ m/(.{20})/;

kings_on_steeds · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 5:00 pm Post subject:

tnks guys.

HELP US, HELP YOU!