perldoc -f split
perldoc perlretut
You can use split on the comma character to get the individual fields in
list context (store to an array or hash for example) and then step
through the list searching on each. Or possibly a better approach if
your data will allow it, search on the whole line a
I am developing a search engine for a database I use. The database is
static and consists of comma delimited files. After reading the text
line-by-line into a scalar, I would like to analyze the data by field.
How could I separate the fields or, at least, analyze them separately
against a search
