my @parts = split /.{5}/g;

You probably meant to leave split out of that. I'm not sure because of your comment about a string with a length that isn't a multiple of 5 though... In any case, you were probably adding this at the same time I was adding (the correct version of) it as an afterthought to my own post. That's pretty quick as I added it within seconds... :-P

-sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";