Re^2: text file validation

hi monks
thanks for your piece of code..

$message = #22 2006-05-02 12:12:35 hjjjdddddd Advisory.No action required. event-101 severe is the name of the alarm but the way it is dispalyed cannot be digested at all 12121212121122
substr( $message,0,160 );

the above code truncates to 140 characters and display them instead of displaying 160 characters

kindly help me out and also tell me a way to display only the first 160 characters

thanks
lax

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Re^3: text file validation by marto (Cardinal) on Jul 21, 2006 at 13:58 UTC
lax, Using the following code and your string I get 160 characters output: `#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my $string="#22 2006-05-02 12:12:35 hjjjdddddd Advisory.No action requ +ired. event-101 severe is the name of the alarm but the way it is dis +palyed cannot be digested at all 12121212121122"; print substr($string,0,160); <code> Output: <code> #22 2006-05-02 12:12:35 hjjjdddddd Advisory.No action required. event- +101 severe is the name of the alarm but the way it is dispalyed canno +t be digested at all` [download] Can you please post the complete code you are using? Update: Fixed typo, print substr($string,0,16); changed to print substr($string,0,160); Martin	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^3: text file validation
by marto (Cardinal) on Jul 21, 2006 at 13:58 UTC

lax

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

my $string="#22 2006-05-02 12:12:35 hjjjdddddd Advisory.No action requ
+ired. event-101 severe is the name of the alarm but the way it is dis
+palyed cannot be digested at all 12121212121122";
print substr($string,0,160);
<code>
Output:
<code>
#22 2006-05-02 12:12:35 hjjjdddddd Advisory.No action required. event-
+101 severe is the name of the alarm but the way it is dispalyed canno
+t be digested at all
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