Hi,

One other simpler way to make it works is to use regex memory as follow. 

my $line="371540|4/07/2011|08:03|11:03|2|Company Name (MAIN SITE)|DB P
+URGE|"

if ($line =~ /(\d+)\|([0-9]{1,2}\/[0-9]{1,2}\/[0-9]{4})\|([0-9]{1,2}\:
+[0-9]{2})\|([0-9]{1,2}\:[0-9]{2})\|(\d+)\|((?:\w+)\s\w+\s(?:\()?\w+\s
+\w+\))\|(\w+(?:\s)?\w+)/ ) 
    {
    $item1=$1;
    $item2=$2;
    ...
    $item7=$7
    }

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Note that the regexp has to be adapted. The parentheses captures their content.
First parenthese will be memorised as $1, Second parenthese will be memorised as $2 etc...

In reply to Re^2: Spliting a delimited string into variables by Anonymous Monk
in thread Spliting a delimited string into variables by pissflaps

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