Re: Extracting selected fields form file record

Yes. see slices (here: array slices) and, of course split. The syntax would be like

my ($first,$second,$third,$fourth,$fifth,$sixth) = (split(' ', $line))
+[0,1,3,5,7,9];
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Re^2: Extracting selected fields form file record by LanX (Saint) on Feb 06, 2022 at 18:31 UTC
another way is filling in `undef` for the ignored fields `my ($first,$second,undef,$third,undef,$fourth,undef,$fifth,undef,$sixth) = split / /, $line;` please also note that split operates on regexes, so `/\s+/` might be what is really wanted. Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Extracting selected fields form file record by soonix (Chancellor) on Feb 06, 2022 at 19:53 UTC
A single space character (' ') is a special case. I admit that it is a bit buried in the split documentation. Of course, ~~only~~ at most OP knows whether leading whitespace should be kept…	[reply]
Re^4: Extracting selected fields form file record by LanX (Saint) on Feb 06, 2022 at 20:14 UTC
you are right and it will also handle leading whitespace! :) Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply]