ok, what the heck is the problem here,,,,

-> Sample text I need to split: '%DAT-3-12123'
-> Problems encountered, the array count after the split is -1, its not splitting. 

        $input = $_;
        @format=split (/ /, $_);
        for ($i=0; $i<=$#format; $i++)
        {
        print "     -> $format[$i]"."\n";
        $prev=$format[$i];

                for($n=0;$n<=$#code;$n++)
                {
                $find=$code[$n];
                chomp($find);
                chomp($prev);
                $current=$prev;
                if ($prev=~/$find/i){
                print "$blink $cyan       -> Logged \n";
                print "$normal$green";

                #HERE IS THE SPLIT PROBLEM AREA!
                $tparse=split(/-/,$current);
                $writer=$tparse['2'];
                $writes=$#tparse;
                print "$cyan       -> $prev \n $green";
                print "$cyan       -> $#writes \n $green";
                print "$cyan       -> $writer \n $green";
                $n=($#code+1);
                        }
                }
        }

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