It really depends upon where you are beginning.
1. Do you know how to read in a text file?
2. How are your areas marked as different (delimiters) and do you know how to parse the text file?
1. example:
    open IN, "+<$file" || die "Can not open $file";
    while (<IN>)
    {
        $readINtemp = $_;
        $messagein .= $readINtemp;
    }
    close IN;

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This will read in your file and assign it to $mesasgein
2. You will have to know what your text file is delimiting on to do a substr or a split on it to get your values. If you go to the Tutorial section and then click on the link marked String Matching it should help you out.
I'm a 'newby' as well, but I wish you luck and hope I helped.

- Mission
"Heck I don't know how to do it either, but do you think that's going to stop me?!!"

In reply to Re: Using a Sub to pull info. from a Text File by Mission
in thread Using a Sub to pull info. from a Text File by Perl Newby

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