Re: Syntax for array?

while(<>){
  push @array,(split/~/)[1];
}
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Re: Re: Syntax for array? by dash2 (Hermit) on Jul 10, 2001 at 15:52 UTC
And an explanation, as you're a newbie: `while(<>) {` This bit reads every line from your file (if you've specified your file name on the command line, e.g. "./myscript.pl filename.txt") `push @array,(split /~/)[1];` `split /~/` takes the current line, and splits it into an array on the ~ character. `(split /~/)[1]` takes the second element of that array. That's staffid, the bit you want. Similarly `print( ('a','n','d')[1] )` would print "n". `push @array, ...` just adds this to your array. dave hj~	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re: Re: Syntax for array?
by dash2 (Hermit) on Jul 10, 2001 at 15:52 UTC

while(<>) {

This bit reads every line from your file (if you've specified your file name on the command line, e.g. "./myscript.pl filename.txt")

push @array,(split /~/)[1];

split /~/ takes the current line, and splits it into an array on the ~ character.

(split /~/)[1] takes the second element of that array. That's staffid, the bit you want. Similarly print( ('a','n','d')[1] ) would print "n".

push @array, ... just adds this to your array.