How to transform strings to arrays in Perl using split() method
Overview
We can transform a string to an array in Perl the split() method.
It only takes two parameters to start the transformation.
Syntax
split(at, str)
Parameters
at: This specifies where to start the transformation.
str: This is the string we want to transform to an array.
Return value
The value returned is an array.
Example
# create some strings$name = "Okwudili Onyejiaku";$quote = "Edpresso-is-great!";# transform strings to array@arr1 = split(" ", $name);@arr2 = split("-", $quote);# print results for @arr1print "First Array:\n\n";for (my $index = 0; $index <= $#arr1; $index++) {print("Element $index is $arr1[$index]\n");}# print results for @arr2print "\nSecond Array:\n\n";for (my $index = 0; $index <= $#arr2; $index++) {print("Element $index is $arr2[$index]\n");}
Explanation
- Lines 2–3: We create two strings that we want to transform.
- Line 6: We transform the string
＄nameto an array at space (" ") and store the result in array@arr1. - Line 7: We transform the string
＄quoteto an array at hyphen ("-") and store the result in array@arr2.
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