How do I split up a long string with no spaces?

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Re: How do I split a long string without any spaces up? by vroom (His Eminence) on May 02, 2000 at 16:47 UTC
`$string=~s/(\S{$numoflettersbeforebreaking})/$1 /g;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: How do I split up a long string with no spaces? by Daddio (Chaplain) on May 12, 2001 at 17:56 UTC
You can also create a neat array of the strings using this: `my $string = "thisisalongstringofcharacters"; my (@strings) = split /(.{5})/,$string;` [download] Season the '5' in the split to taste. Gives a nice array for use in whatever you need it for.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: How do I split up a long string with no spaces? by Anonymous Monk on Mar 26, 2002 at 21:02 UTC
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