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in thread How can one decompose a string into an array of 8 character blocks?

Can't test, but

 my @array =  $input =~ /(.{8})/g;

looks easier...

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Re^3: How can one decompose a string into an array of 8 character blocks?
by choroba (Cardinal) on Feb 03, 2015 at 14:14 UTC
    You are right. You can even further simplify it to
    my @array = $input =~ /.{8}/g;
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