Hi,
I will have a line of text in one of the two forms like below

my $lineshapesline1 = 'SHAPES GREEN1;SIZE 240 500 340 930;SIZE 350 500
+ 240 590;SIZE 295 390 015 490;SIZE 350 210 760 300;SHAPES GREEN2;SIZE
+ 450 310 680 690;SIZE 450 110 680 490;SIZE 215 800 560 900;';
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or

my $lineobsshapesline2 = 'SHAPES GREEN;SIZE 240 500 340 930;SIZE 350 5
+00 240 590;SIZE 295 390 015 490;SIZE 350 210 760 300;SHAPES BLUE;SIZE
+ 450 310 680 690;SIZE 450 110 680 490;SIZE 215 800 560 900;';
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(1) How do I "push" into an array each of the "SHAPES" with out using Perl's split function?
(2)I want my array to contain elements in the following way:

$arrayelement[0] = SHAPES GREEN;SIZE 240 500 340 930;SIZE 350 500 240 
+590;SIZE 295 390 015 490;SIZE 350 210 760 300;

$arrayelement[1] = SHAPES BLUE;SIZE 450 310 680 690;SIZE 450 110 680 4
+90;SIZE 215 800 560 900;';

...
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