>Lightning flashed, thunder crashed and Walnut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>whispered:
>| Why not split it into an array first:
>|
>| @fields =~ split(!/!, $string);
>|
>| $index = $fields(3);
>| $value = $fields(5);
>
>This does not do what I think you think it does. ;-)
Neither does this bit:
>| @fields =~ split(!/!, $string);
without telling Perl that that's a match:
@fields =~ split(m!/!, $string);
Otherwise it'll take the negation of whatever follows up until the next / ...
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Peter Scott
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