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# SPLIT THE IP-ADDRESSES INTO FOUR =STRINGS= BY # THE PERIOD CHARACTER. my ($a1, $a2, $a3, $a4) = split('.', @$a);
>perl -wMstrict -le "my $s = 'a.bb.ccc.d'; ... @ra elements: 0 escaped dot 'a' 'bb' 'ccc' 'd'