Hi all

I want to parse a text file into an array of array, one line per small array, one letter per element of small array

So if I have a text file containg:

Hello

my

name

is

Jack

The array has to look like this:

@MainArray element 1 ---> elements of small array ---> H, e, l, l, o

@MainArray element 2 ---> elements of small array ---> m, y

@MainArray element 3 ---> elements of small array ---> n, a, m, e

@MainArray element 4 ---> elements of small array ---> i, s

@MainArray element 5 ---> elements of small array ---> J, a, c, k

I have something along these lines, but I don't how to add the part where each new line in the text file is added as a new small array in @MainArray. All this does is add every letter to one large @MainArray

open (A1, "<2 normaal.txt") or die "can't open";

my @MainArray;

while (<A1>)
{
    my $in = $_;
    chomp $in;
    push (@array1, split(//, $in));
}

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Thanks in advance for any help, much appreciated

In reply to Parse txt file into array of array by Dr Manhattan

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