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Dec 9, 2001, 11:56 PM
Andy
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Spliting strings into 2 or 3 at x number...
Hi. I am just trying to work out how you can split string at say every 20 characters, and maybe add a <BR> tag there at those intervals.

Anyone got any suggestions? I thought maybe the split() command would do it, but I cant see any way with it Frown

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Dec 10, 2001, 1:19 AM
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Andy

http://www.perlfaq.com/.../view?view_by_id=115

Cheers

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Dec 10, 2001, 2:11 AM
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How about:

my @strings = split /.{20}/, $string;

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Dec 10, 2001, 2:40 AM
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Re: [Alex] Spliting strings into 2 or 3 at x number... In reply to
I thought that would have to be:

my @strings = ($string =~ /.{20}/g);

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Dec 10, 2001, 3:26 AM
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both?

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Dec 10, 2001, 3:37 AM
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Ah..thanks guys. That should work great Smile

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Dec 10, 2001, 4:00 AM
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Dec 10, 2001, 4:16 AM
Wil
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So you're telling me that the official Perl Documentation is incorrect, yeah?

If you do, maybe you should report it as a bug, Paul?

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Dec 10, 2001, 4:20 AM
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Glad to see you've found the docs at last at least.
Dec 10, 2001, 4:55 AM
Wil
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Re: [PaulW] Spliting strings into 2 or 3 at x number... In reply to
Funny how you hit the delete button on your messages now, eg, Paul?

So you were wrong in assuming that my example was incorrect.

Good day.

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Dec 10, 2001, 5:04 AM
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Haha, if I hit the delete button just because I was wrong there'd be lots of other deleted posts about.

I never assume anything, the reason I was wrong in this case was due to your use of @strings and $string which I mistyped when testing. I don't have a problem admitting mistakes, it makes me a stronger person.

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Dec 10, 2001, 5:11 AM
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Really? And I've been going to the gym for all these years. Why didn't you tell me sooner?

The reason I was annoyed was that I posted sample code which you presumed to be incorrect without even looking or testing it properly.

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Dec 10, 2001, 5:29 AM
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Wil, as I just said it was a typo, I also said I didn't assume, I tested before posting, it was just unfortunate the typo screwed up the result making me think you were wrong.

People do make mistakes you know.


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