I don't think that applies to split(), however. In this case it works works works! :)
-----Original Message----- From: Nikola Janceski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 10:55 AM To: 'Jonathan E. Paton'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: reading one character at a time actually searching on a empty pattern is wrong wrong wrong! a pattern in a search that evalutes to "" will use the previous successful pattern match. so the following: if($x =~ /pattern/){ print "yes\n" if($y =~ //); ## this really means if($y =~ /pattern/) if you made it this far } __END__ man perlop; #line 1100 If the PATTERN evaluates to the empty string, the last successfully matched regular expression is used instead. -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan E. Paton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 1:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: reading one character at a time > Is there a perl function that reads one character at > a time from a string and and returns that character? There are VERY FEW situations that require this kind of action... but assuming you have one then the well proven shortest approach is: $string = "Hello World"; @string = $string =~ /./g; OR: $string = "Hello World"; for ($string =~ /./g) { print $_."\n"} Split on a null length string is probably more readable, but this simple technique works for pairs of characters... and allows you to avoid pack() and unpack() a little longer! Take care, Jonathan Paton __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- The views and opinions expressed in this email message are the sender's own, and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of Summit Systems Inc. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
