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Answer: How can I split a string into chunks of size n bytes?

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Q&A > strings > How can I split a string into chunks of size n bytes? contributed by Masem

@bits = ( $scalar =~ /.{1,$bytes}/gs );

Edited by tye to add "s" on the end otherwise "." won't match newlines.

Edited by chipmunk to change {0,$bytes} to {1,$bytes}; otherwise a null string is matched at the end.

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