Hi, I am trying to figure out how to read data from a new line instead of after a specified character. Here is the script: 

$adfile = 'banners.dat';
    open(FILE, $adfile) || die "Can't open $adfile";
    $file = <FILE>;
    close(FILE);
    
    @stuff = split(/;/,$file);
    srand(time ^ $$);  
    $choice = rand(@stuff);

    $chosen = @stuff[$choice];
    @part = split(/\|/,$chosen);

    print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
    print "<font face=\"arial\" size=\"2\"><a href=\"@part[0]\" target
+=\"_blank\"><img src=\"@part[1]\" width=\"@part[2]\" height=\"@part[3
+]\" alt=\"@part[4]\" border=\"1\"><br>Please visit my sponosr! </a></
+font>\n";

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and here is what the data file looks like: 
http://www.whatever.com|whatever.gif|468|60|whatever;http://www.okay.c
+a|okay.gif|468|60|okay

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I don't want a huge line of code for all the banners that will be displayed. Instead, I would line to enter the info like this: 
http://www.whatever.com|whatever.gif|468|60|whatever
http://www.okay.ca|okay.gif|468|60|okay

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How can I do this? Anyone? Thanks!

In reply to telling script to read from next line by ginocapelli

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