#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my @mField; #open(DATA," basicdez.dat") || die "Cannot open datfile: $!\n"; while() { unless (/^\s*\"EOS\"/) { @mField = (split(/\"\s*\"*/)); print $mField[1],', ',$mField[2],"\n"; print $mField[3],"\n"; print $mField[4],', ',$mField[5],"\n"; print $mField[6],"\n"; print "\n"; } } #close(DATA); __DATA__ "Jane""Doe" "123 W Beverly Ave" "Talahasee""Maine" "222-22-2222" "John""Doe" "456 W Beverly Ave" "Seattle""Washington" "333-33-3333" "EOS"