splitting a word into an array

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

in perl, is there an easier way to do (@word)=split(//,$word), such as a shorthand notation or specific function. thank you.

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Re: splitting a word into an array by Zaxo (Archbishop) on Jul 31, 2001 at 07:28 UTC
No, but you can easily make one: `# Usage : @word = letters $word sub letters { split //, shift; }` [download] I'm not sure that's all that much simpler. After Compline, Zaxo	[reply] [d/l]