package StringArray;
require Tie::Array;
use base 'Tie::Array';
sub TIEARRAY  { bless $_[1], $_[0] }
sub FETCH     { substr(${$_[0]}, $_[1], 1) }
sub STORE     { substr(${$_[0]}, $_[1], 1) = $_[2] }
sub FETCHSIZE { length(${$_[0]}) }
sub STORESIZE { $$self = substr(${$_[0]}, 0, $_[1])  }
sub DELETE    { substr(${$_[0]}, $_[1], 1) = '' }
1;

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Example:
#!perl -w
use StringArray;
use strict;
my $test = "Hello dolly";
my @testa;
tie @testa, 'StringArray', \$test;

print "\$#testa = $#testa\n";
print "testa[1] = $testa[1]\n";
$testa[1] = 'b';
print "testa[1] = $testa[1]\n";

map {$_ = uc $_} @testa;
print "after map: test = $test\n";

delete $testa[1];
print "after delete: test = $test\n";
push @testa, "C";
print "after push: test = $test\n";

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in thread Are strings lists of characters? by John M. Dlugosz

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