Revered MOnks,
I am trying to do the following:
a.there is a one line file with the following format:
data1:data2:data3:data4
b. i want to read in the 4th element i.e the last element
I am currently doing the following: 
@result=split(/:/,<FILEHANDLE>);
print $result[3];

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I am curious to know if there is a more perlish way of doing this(for e.g. in a one line)
I tried the following but it didnt work: 
split(/:/,<FILEHANDLE>)[3]

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Looking forward to seeing more perlish ways of doing this.
thanks,
narashima

In reply to perlish way of splitting file records by narashima

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