split
The split statement is useful for breaking up a scalar value based on a particular character (or characters). It will return what is split as a list (array) of scalar values. This list is normally assigned to an array:
DB<1> $str = "Bob:Jones:23423:manager:O3"
DB<2> @fields=split(/:/, $str)
DB<3> for $item (@fields) {print $i++, " $item\n";}
0 Bob
1 Jones
2 23423
3 manager
4 O3
Note
/:/ is actually a regular expression pattern.
Using $_
If the variable you are splitting is $_, you don’t need to specify the variable name; split will assume ...
