scalars & lists

From: B. Rothstein (broths1_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 11/30/03 

To: <beginners@perl.org>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 23:45:51 -0800

If I have a scalar variable that itslef is a list of names, for example
$names = 'john, jack, albert, timmy"; is it possible, and if so how can it
be done to separate the individual names from the list in their scalar form
in order to create a new list of sorted names. thanks for any suggestions.

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