narashima:

You could use a loop to iterate over the split values of your variable and use each as the key for a hash in an assignment to '', or thereabouts.

Show us what you've tried and what you're having trouble with, and we can probably give more help.

s**lil*;  $*=join'',sort split q**;  s;.*;grr; &&s+(.(.)).+$2$1+; $; =
qq-$_-;s,.*,ahc,;$,.=chop for split q,,,reverse;print for($,,$;,$*,$/)
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