Re^5: Extract data from CSV field.

poj that did it. I was reading earlier about parenthesis but I did not connect the significance to this issue. Thanks!
http://perldoc.perl.org/perlop.html#Terms-and-List-Operators-%28Leftward%29

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Re^6: Extract data from CSV field. by poj (Abbot) on Dec 09, 2015 at 18:58 UTC
Have a read of Extracting matches poj	[reply]
Re^7: Extract data from CSV field. by JobC (Acolyte) on Dec 09, 2015 at 22:08 UTC
poj This is a good read, and it will probably help me with my next task (rearranging the data fields). In my testing it led me to wonder why I didn't need the "()" around the "$row->5" when it is inside a print string. Below is my sample which works, but I don't understand why I don't get back a "1". Is the " character special in this case, or a lack of the "=" or "=~"? `($row->[15]) = $row->[5] =~ /(#[^ ]+)/; print "$row->[5]\t$row->[15]\n";` [download] `#output TRAY HINGED PLSTC 20 CAV #F32473 #F32473 PAD FOAM 24 X 24 X 1/4 #16193 112 SHEETS PER ROLL ORDER IN FULL ROLLS + #16193 PKG LIST ASST ARM RAD 300 #F37784 #F37784 PAD TOP CAP RE17-30048 #F30121 CORRUGATED ASSEMBLY 22-7/8 X 21-1/8 X 4 +-3/4 #F30121` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]