well, let me take a crack at it: 

use strict;

my $string = 'Fri Oct 13 2000 20:11:54                                
+        Page  1';
my @array = ($string, $string, $string);

for (@array) {
        $_ =~ s/\:(\d+)\b(\s)+(\w)+(\s)+(\d)+/:$1/;
}

print "$array[0]\n$array[1]\n$array[2]\n\n";

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which does: 
/home/jptxs > perl -w impala
Fri Oct 13 2000 20:11:54
Fri Oct 13 2000 20:11:54
Fri Oct 13 2000 20:11:54

/home/jptxs >

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This probably isn't as robust as you want but it's a start. see perlre for some more info on what's being done. Basically, it's just a regx being applied to each member of your array and using replace to get rid of what you don't want. I can go through the regex step by step if you like, but that woudl take all the fun out of pulling it apart : )

"sometimes when you make a request for the head you don't
want the big, fat body...don't you go snickering."
                                         -- Nathan Torkington UoP2K a.k.a gnat

In reply to Re: Cropping Elements in an Array by jptxs
in thread Cropping Elements in an Array by ImpalaSS

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