split is a command to read files from made up databases.. for example, your
database file reads:
data1|data2|data3|data4
and you want to read from the database, "data2". to do this, you must open
the file, read it to an array (or string if you know it's only going to be 1
line, but array's recommended for reading files, especially databases),
chomp it (remove /n), and split it up.. like this:
open(INF,"database.file") or die "Unable to open database.file: $!";
@database = <INF>;
close(INF);
foreach $entry (@database) {
chomp($entry);
($var1,$var2,$var3,$var4) = split(/\|/,$entry);
}
after this code is executed, $var1 becomes "data1", $var2 becomes "data2"
and so on..
dan
"Teresa Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Split takes a text delimited file like:
>
> data1|data2|data3|data4
>
> and splits on the delimiter (in this case the pipe character). I'm
> not sure how it works with a database but assume it's similar.
>
> >Can someone explain to me what the purpose of split is? I am assuming
you
> >can take like a text file or something and separate it out?
> >
> >Thanks
> >Mike
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