Re: How to split a string into chunks of length n or less

How about:

$str =~ s/(.{16})/$1 /g;
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Re^2: How to split a string into chunks of length n or less by gone2015 (Deacon) on Aug 21, 2008 at 16:38 UTC
Well: `$str =~ s/(.{16})(?!\Z)/$1 /g ;` [download] would avoid sticking a space on the end of a string which was originally an exact multiple of 16 characters. `$str =~ s/(\w{16}(?=\w)/$1 /g ;` [download] would split any "words" longer than 16 characters.	[reply] [d/l] [select]