Re: converting scalar to an array of elements
From: James Willmore (jwillmore_at_remove.adelphia.net)
Date: 02/07/04
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Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2004 09:02:16 -0500
On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 13:17:33 +0000, Chuckb wrote:
> I should know this but, what is the quickest way to convert a scalar value
> into an array?
> Ex: $name="Fred";
> so that
> $arrayname[0]="F";
> $arrayname[1]="r";
> $arrayname[2]="e";
> $arrayname[3]="d";
Use 'split' :-)
This is a simple one liner to produce what you wanted ...
prompt> perl -e '$name="Fred";@chars=split //, $name;print join("\n",
@chars),"\n";'
F
r
e
d
prompt>
Salt to taste :-)
HTH
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