parsing a line into a list/array

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

I'm a little new to perl, and I'm trying to figure out how to accomplish this sort of thing: If I have a text string such that

$text = "data - data2 - data3"
how can I split it up so that 

@field[0] = data, @field[1] = data2, @field[2] = data3
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I'm sure this is quite easy in perl, I'm just having a little trouble figuring out how to do it. Any help?

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RE: parsing a line into a list/array by Anonymous Monk on Jan 11, 2000 at 22:26 UTC
Do the following: `@variable = split /<split link>/ <your string>` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: parsing a line into a list/array by patman (Initiate) on Jan 10, 2000 at 04:01 UTC
Of course, immediately after posting that question, I found the 'split' function. Ah, well.	[reply]
Re: parsing a line into a list/array by Anonymous Monk on Jan 12, 2000 at 07:34 UTC
Well, just to offer another way to do it: `$text =~ /(.) - (.) - (.*)/; @field = ($1, $2, $3);` [download] This is better if the delimiters aren't likely to stay the same forever ...	[reply] [d/l]