Re: splitting strings

2006-08-30 Thread Hien Le
On Aug 30, 2006, at 3:42 AM, Dr.Ruud wrote: Aaargh, I was suddenly mixing up split /()/ and /()/g. I really shouldn't post anymore without testing. Thank you all for the clarifications regarding split(). I should pay more attention when I read the documentation (or get more sleep). -Hien.

splitting strings

2006-08-29 Thread Hien Le
Hello, Given the string 'abcdefghijklmnopq', I wish to add a line break every 5 characters: abcde fghij klmno pq Method 1 below works, but my split() in method 2 captures 'something unexpected' at each match. Could someone please tell me what is split capturing that I am not seeing? Th