in reply to variation on splitting a string into elements of an array
in thread splitting a sequence using unpack

my $line = 'atccatccctttaat'; my @triplets = unpack( "a3" x int( length($line) / 3 ), $line ); my @triplets2 = unpack( 'x' . "a3" x int( ( length($line) - 1 ) / 3 ), + $line ); my @triplets3 = unpack( 'xx' . "a3" x int( ( length($line) - 2 ) / 3 ) +, $line );
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