unable to remove certain part of data from a variable...?

[shyam raj sunka]

suppose a variable is having the fallowing data

$var=data1 string data2 data3 etc...

now i am unable to retrieve only data1 using split(i.e.,i want to seperate the variable based on the string present in the above line)...
is there any other method plz help me...

[numberwhun]

How about posting your code that you are trying here, that way we can possibly help with what might be going on. Please remember to use code tags around your code.

Regards,

Jeff