Hi Singh, Try this:
$mystring = "abcde/fghi"; @a = split (/\//, $mystring); print "$a[0]\n"; print "$a[1]"; Regards, Cristi Ocolisan -----Original Message----- From: Singh, Ajit p [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 3 iunie 2004 16:11 To: Singh, Ajit p; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: splitting with special characters Hello All, I am trying to split a string with the / ( forward slash) as the marker. $mystring = "abcde/fghi" split (///,$mystring) -- gives me compile error split (/\//,$mystring) -- gives me abcdefghi how do i specify / as the delimitter. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- regards, Ajitpal Singh, -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
