[MacPerl] sub-search match novice question

["Randy M. Zeitman" <randzman@chesco.com>]

I'm matching a string to text file of records (rows). Each entry (column)
in each record is tab separated (a la spreadsheet).

But sometimes I want to only match against columns 2,3,and 4, of all
records and other times I want to match only against column 7. Any quicker
way to do this than to parse each record into an array toss the unwanted
entries and re-string the thing? (a guess...)

Don't actually need the answer, but a kick in the right direction...how
might I do this with one elegant match?

Thanks, Randy


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