Re: splitting a string

[prasadbabu]

Hi,

From split doc,

"Empty trailing fields, on the other hand, are produced when there is a match at the end of the string (and when LIMIT is given and is not 0), regardless of the length of the match".

use strict;
use warnings;
my $string = "/home/source::::::::DATE:SUBJECT:NAME::::::";
my @array = split(/:/,$string, -1);

$" = '><';
print "<@array>\n";

print scalar(@array);

output:
-------
</home/source><><><><><><><><DATE><SUBJECT><NAME><><><><><><>
17