hi all, i have a list of long stretch of strings in a file. i want to read the whole file and save it in an array where i can convert the elements into an array again, eg; my file has: 
hellohellohellohellohellohello
hihihihihihihihihihi
byebyebyebyebyebyebyebye
(etc........)

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i want the hello line in an array, hi in an array and bye in another. same way for the rest of the lines in this file. i have done till that part using hashes. but what i am not able to do is, i want to split each and every letter in an array. eg: in the first line, i want to split up 'h' 'e' 'l' 'l' 'o' and so on til the end of the string. same for all the lines in the file...am not gettin it. am tryin my best. need ur guidance so that i can learn more. thanks.

In reply to how to split the elements in an array of arrays ? by heidi

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