Hi Perl Monks,

I am a beginner in perl programming. Can you help me to sort out a simple problem in perl script writing? I have used a map function in the middle of a program i.e.

say $_ for map {sprintf (“%d”, length)} split/$motif/, $string;

It works nicely in command prompt in Windows XP and shows the results correctly. But I want the results of this line (e.g. 0 6 7 8 4 etc. ) printed in a .txt or .docx page as output. So, I need to assign the result of this code to a variable like $a or @a for use in print command like print ”$a or @a”;.

I searched for references in Google but those references have not worked in my program. I shall appreciate if any perl monk can help me sort out this problem by assigning a suitable variable to the output of this code to get the result as print ”$a or @a “; in my program.

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