Newbie Array Question

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

I have a variable that contains a comma delimited list of directories and I am looking for the best way to push that list into an array. The list is similar to what follows, and it's format really can't be changed:

my $paths="c:/temp0,c:/temp1,c:/temp2";

I would like to build an array from it so that:

my @array[0]="c:/temp0;
my @array[1]="c:/temp1";
my @array[2]="c:/temp2;

I'm sure this is probably easy, but not for me. Thanks much.

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Re: Newbie Array Question by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Sep 11, 2003 at 13:50 UTC
Your question was answered above. However, I would highly recommend you make the following changes to your code and coding processes: Buy the Llama book, aka Learning Perl by Randal Schwartz. Add `use strict;` to the top of every perl script you write. When you do that, you'll have to my every variable you use. Add `use warnings;` right below the use strict line. You'll be inundated with stuff. Take the time to figure them out. One of those warnings will be `"Scalar value @x[0] better written as $x[0]"`. Heed that warning. `@x[0]` is not a scalar value, but an array slice. You would use it if you wanted the first, third, and ninth values of an array. (`@x[0,2,8]`) ------ We are the carpenters and bricklayers of the Information Age. The idea is a little like C++ templates, except not quite so brain-meltingly complicated. -- TheDamian, Exegesis 6 Please remember that I'm crufty and crochety. All opinions are purely mine and all code is untested, unless otherwise specified.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Newbie Array Question by Zaxo (Archbishop) on Sep 11, 2003 at 13:35 UTC
You want split `my @array = split /,/, $paths;` After Compline, Zaxo	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Newbie Array Question by zby (Vicar) on Sep 11, 2003 at 13:34 UTC
`my @paths = split ",", $paths;` [download] See `perldoc -f split`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Newbie Array Question by LordWeber (Monk) on Sep 11, 2003 at 14:56 UTC
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