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Re: How can I split a string into chunks of 4 characters

by Athanasius (Cardinal)
on Dec 06, 2013 at 16:31 UTC ( [id://1066005]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to How can I split a string into chunks of 4 characters

Use a positive look-ahead assertion, like so:

 2:28 >perl -MData::Dump -we "my $s = '01234abc'; my @a = $s =~ /(?=(.
+{4}))/g; dd @a;"
("0123", 1234, "234a", "34ab", "4abc")

 2:29 >

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Hope that helps,

Athanasius <°(((>< contra mundum Iustus alius egestas vitae, eros Piratica,

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