/ deliminator

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RE: / deliminator by vroom (His Eminence) on Jan 20, 2000 at 03:39 UTC
you can do `@simpsons=split(/\//,$_);` The \ will allow you to escape any of the special characters in regexes. For example: . means any character besides \n(newline) basically so if you wanted to see if a filename had a .txt extension you would do this: if($filename=~/\.txt$/){ #searches for .txt the $ matches the end of the string #do something }	[reply] [d/l]
Re: / deliminator by japhy (Canon) on Jan 20, 2000 at 11:10 UTC
No one happened to mention the fact that split() operates on the $_ variable. Just a helpful tidbit to pass on: `@parts = split m!/!, $_; # is really the same as @parts = split m!/!;` [download] Just some idiomatic Perl.	[reply] [d/l]
RE: Re: / deliminator by japhy (Canon) on Jan 20, 2000 at 11:15 UTC
Yeah, I did mean to say "by default" in there somewhere.	[reply]
RE: / deliminator by Anonymous Monk on Jan 20, 2000 at 21:51 UTC
You can use regular quotes " " to quote a string used by split.	[reply]
RE: / deliminator by Anonymous Monk on Jan 20, 2000 at 03:46 UTC
Try escaping it \/	[reply]
RE: / deliminator by Anonymous Monk on Jan 20, 2000 at 06:53 UTC
You should be able to do split(/\//,$_)... just escape it with another slash	[reply]
Re: / deliminator by Crulx (Monk) on Jan 20, 2000 at 07:09 UTC
Also, It is important to remember that Perl allows for other characters to indicate a pattern match. For example, `my @simpsons = split(m{/},$_);` [download] Use this as further proof that Perl has "more than one way to do it." Crulx	[reply] [d/l]