i thought its a space

If you are not sure what it is then you could try to find out with something like this.

$ perl -e '
> $string = qq{P\0A\0T\0C\0H\0I\0N\0S\0T\0};
> printf( qq{0x%02x: %s\n}, ord, $_ ) for split m{}, $string;'
0x50: P
0x00: 
0x41: A
0x00: 
0x54: T
0x00: 
0x43: C
0x00: 
0x48: H
0x00: 
0x49: I
0x00: 
0x4e: N
0x00: 
0x53: S
0x00: 
0x54: T
0x00: 
$

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I hope this is of use.

Cheers,

JohnGG

In reply to Re: help me in giving a reg ex by johngg
in thread help me in giving a reg ex by perlprint

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