Assinging a veriable from a specific position 1

[biobrain]

Dear All,

I have a data like this in different files

File 1
A B C D E F G H I G H - J
A B C D E - F G H K L M N J

File 2
L M N P Q R L S T V G H I
M N O P Q R M N T Y G H I

Now I want a expression by which I can store a particular position in a variable i.e Position No. 9 in file one correspond to E in both lines

And Position No. 9 in File 2 is P in both lines as this file have an empty column

I now I can easily extract a column by using

my ($M, $N, $P) = @data[6,7,8];

for column number 6 7 and 8 etc. But here I want

my $variable = position number 9 in data file (does not matter what is at this position, i.e number, letter or space)

 

[spookie]

biobrain,

Not sure if i have understood what you are trying to do..?Just curious why are you doing this?

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[biobrain]

Well I have to process many files and my data is always stored in the position number 9

While in many files this position could be a empty column i.e only space.

 

[ishnid]

Just read the line into a variable and then use "substr" to get the 9th character.

 

[biobrain]

Dear ishnid,

Thanks a lot

 

[biobrain]

Thanks a lot dear ishnid