i want to diide given string in to words w/o using split function but by using \s or \S regexp. i have written code but smetime its working smrtime not... #!/usr/bin/perl $xy = "hello hi i need your help"; # it can be anything; $xy=~/(\w+)/; print $1; # diz wud print "hi"; $xy =~ /(\s)(\w+)/; print "$1 \n"; print "$2 \n"; # diz logic wat i used but its very easy wen it would print word or when it wud print space so if any logic to do samething

In reply to DIVIDING STRING IN TO WORD W/O USING SPLIT FUNCTION by harshmane

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