Re^3: Pattern match not working sometimes

[GrandFather]

The issue is the ^ anchor and the character causing grief is a new line at the start of the line! If you change your match to /(\C\C\C\C)(.*)/s the problem is fixed. Note that there is no need for anchors in any case - you want the first four octets followed by anything so that will always match at the start of the string (unless there are fewer than 4 octets).

[dantheman1210]

That worked!!! I never thought about the data itself causing the issue since I was working with binary data, just thought if it as 0's and 1's, not the characters that they could be associated with. Thanks again, you saved me from having to basically start over with the design.