I am running a analysis program that reads in data in the following manner; 

input sno$ 1-3 school$ 5 class 6-7 Religion 9 education 15 Race 21
@23 (A1-A100) (1.);

rename A1=Q11; rename A9=Q12; rename A28=Q13; rename A13=Q14;

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The books and FAQ of Perl did not touch much abt defining fixed columns variable. How do I call in my variables in Perl? Thanks alot. 
use Text::Soundex;
print soundex ("Skullbowl");

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RESULT : S414

edited 2001-05-11 by mirod: changed the title

In reply to Reading fixed width fields (was: Reading in Data) by skullbowl

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