char string[] = "Hello"; char *ptr; fr ( ptr = string; *ptr; ptr++ ) { do_something_with( *ptr ); // This is a single char } #### foreach my $char ( split //, $string ) { ... } while ( $string =~ /(.)/g ) { my $char = $1; ... } for ( my $i = 0; $i <= length $string; $i++ ) { my $char = substr( $string, $index, 1 ); ... }