Justino Berrun wrote: > #hello, is there a way to split a string between a digit and character > #without losing the digit or the character > #Any help would be very appreciated > > $string='hello...4546perl.......2366Pogrammers..3435'; #e.g. would > make three new strings > > @newstrings=split(/(\d)([a-zA-Z])/,$string); #<--- no success > here > print join(":",@newstrings); > > #working toward an output like so: > #hello...4546:perl.......2366:Pogrammers..3435
Hi. And another way. If you just need the colon-separated string and not the intermediate array you might as well go straight there. ($newstring = $string) =~ s/(\d)([a-zA-Z])/$1:$2/g; HTH, Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]