Hi Shannon, Very close. You are allowed to use a pattern in a split.
my @codes = split(/\s+/,$all_codes); Should give you what you want. This will split the string on 1 or more spaces. Look at 'perldoc -f split' for more information. Cheers, Kevin On Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 09:47:11AM +1000, Shannon Murdoch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said something similar to: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to get this string (example): > > $all_codes = '4c1 4- 4c2 4- 8b1 8g1'; > > in to an array (@codes), using it's whitespace as the delimiter. > > ie. @codes = split(/ /,$all_codes); > -- [Writing CGI Applications with Perl - http://perlcgi-book.com] Deserve it (death)! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some t hat die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the wise cannot see all end. -- Gandalf (Fellowship of the Ring) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]