Re^3: How to divide a line from a text file into 8 digit chunks

seems to create a size 11 array with some additional spaces

This is why I added the line with grep after that.

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Re^4: How to divide a line from a text file into 8 digit chunks by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Feb 24, 2009 at 14:41 UTC
I agree the `unpack` solution is better, but a regex solution without the `split` complication or `push`-ing would be something like: `>perl -wMstrict -le "my $s = 'GRID 213736 15235.2 -2606.28596.178'; my @ra = $s =~ m{ .{1,8} }xmsg; print qq{:$_:} for @ra; " :GRID : : 213736 : : : :15235.2 : :-2606.28: :596.178:` [download] Update: Did not notice balakrishnan's earlier and essentially identical reply before posting this.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^4: How to divide a line from a text file into 8 digit chunks
by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Feb 24, 2009 at 14:41 UTC

unpack

split

push

>perl -wMstrict -le
"my $s = 'GRID     213736         15235.2 -2606.28596.178';
 my @ra = $s =~ m{ .{1,8} }xmsg;
 print qq{:$_:} for @ra;
"
:GRID    :
: 213736 :
:        :
:15235.2 :
:-2606.28:
:596.178:
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balakrishnan

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