Re^2: variation on splitting a string into elements of an array

Why these two lines:

my $template = "a" x $left_out ;


shift @array while($left_out--);
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When you could easily use this one line instead: (and earlier responses had used the "x" template character, and you'd clearly read those earlier responses)

my $template = "x$left_out" ;
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This also has the advantage that you don't trash $left_out, in case you need it later. Of course, if you're using a perl 5.8 or higher, I'd really recommend my solution instead.

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@/=map{[/./g]}qw/.h_nJ Xapou cets krht ele_ r_ra/;
map{y/X_/\n /;print}map{pop@$_}@/for@/
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Re^3: variation on splitting a string into elements of an array by manav (Scribe) on Mar 02, 2005 at 17:18 UTC
You are right on about the use of 'x'. btw, I didnt read the earlier comments as they were not there when I answered. Manav	[reply]