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Also read the documentation for the split function. You can pass a regex or a string as the delimiter. 
my @parts = split 'DELIMITING_TEXT', $entire_string;

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Re^2: split based upon string
by almut (Canon) on Feb 04, 2010 at 10:54 UTC
    You can pass a regex or a string

    Just keep in mind that using single quotes around the pattern (instead of /.../) does not make it a plain string — it's still a regex.  Although this is not relevant here, it might make a difference in other cases: 

    #!/usr/bin/perl -l

my $s = 'xABCxACxABBCxAB*Cx';

print join(' - ', split('AB*C', $s));    # x - x - x - xAB*Cx

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