perlquestion Frippe Hi If a geometry data use this ex. <CODE> [1 1 1 1 1 1] [4 4 4 4 4 4] </CODE> <CODE> [ 123 123 123 123 123 123 ....... ] </CODE> <CODE> "P" [ -1 1 1 1 1 -1 1 1 1 ] </CODE> So what I'm look for is how to pick up a begin character and end character so I could extrate the 4 array say <code>my $begin1 = '['</code> and <code>my $end1 = ']'</code> build a array between begin and end I have test with simple qw but I like to search and match a begin and end character to. <p/> I could give more example but the script would pick up 'renderman rib' file and pick the data between <code>[]</code> and build a new data from that. <p/> regards,<br/> Fredrik Gustafsson <p/> <small><b>update</b> (broquaint): changed <code><code></code> tags to formatting</small>