in reply to split a string at a defined index

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use strict; use warnings; while (my $row = <DATA>) { chomp $row; my @elements = split ',', $row; my $tail = pop @elements; my $body = join ',', @elements; print "$body -- $tail\n"; } __DATA__ www,google,yahoo,345 www,google,yahoo,75323

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A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James