I'm guessing you want to extract just the #number part from a string.

#!perl
use strict;

my @data = (
"TRAY HINGED PLSTC 20 CAV #F32473",
"BOX HSC 35-3/4X17-1/4 X 50-1/2 SIMULATOR TALL BOX",
"PAD FOAM 24 X 24 X 1/4 #16193 112 SHEETS PER ROLL ORDER IN FULL ROLLS
+",
"PKG LIST ASST ARM RAD 300 #F37784",
"PAD TOP CAP RE17-30048 #F30121 CORRUGATED ASSEMBLY 22-7/8 X 21-1/8 X 
+4-3/4");

for my $str (@data){
  if ($str =~ /(#[^ ]+)/){
    print "'$1'\n";
  } else {
    print "No match\n";
  }
}

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In reply to Re: Extract data from CSV field. by poj
in thread Extract data from CSV field. by JobC

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