Hello, I was writing a script that is going to parse a text file. I had some questions though as I am new to Perl. When I first input the file into an array is it possible to have it input into a multidimensional array instead of inputting per line per array. Secondly it uses spaces and a random number of spaces to separate the columns. When I use the split command how can I account for this as a 1 space delimiter doesn't work.

Also, here is a line from the file being inputted: Date Time AM/PM Name Size As you can see there isn't a set delimiter. I was considering trying to remove the spaces and then add the delimiter. But I wanted to see what other options I had.

show a sample of your file, not just a line, and then describe your expected output.

You can put your data into any data structure you wish, but you haven't provided enough info for us to help you. The split function takes a regex as its first argument, so if you need to split on an unknown number of spaces, then use: my @array = split /\s+/, $line; For more specific help, you need to provide us with several lines from your data file and tell us exactly what you want to do with the data. We will also need to see some or all of your script so that we can show how you can fix it.

Awesome, many thanks for the help Ghostdog and Fishmonger. The \s+ delimiter did the trick.