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Re: Splitting every 3 digits?

by broquaint (Abbot)
on Oct 01, 2001 at 17:54 UTC ( [id://115867]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Splitting every 3 digits?

Why split, when you can match 
my @nums = ("123456789" =~ /(\d{3})/g);
print "$_\n" for @nums;

output -
123
456
789

[download]
I've found this to be yet another handy feature of regexp matching, and great for the likes of map and foreach.
HTH

broquaint

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