RE: split and extraction

try 
$abc = ( split /\s+/ )[8];

you can use the parenth with any function that returns an array, and just
pop a [] on the end.

FYI if you want the last element (not knowing what place it's in) just use
[$#_]
	This only works if you are not using @_ (or $_ I think). Use caution
for [$#_].


-----Original Message-----
From: Dhiraj P Nilange [mailto:dhiraj_nilange@rediffmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 10:19 AM
To: beginners@perl.org
Subject: split and extraction



Hi there

I want to extract some word after space from some string.
Somebody from the mailing list had given me above
command.

suppose I wanto extract 8th word...

#suppose $abc  has the string;
$abc=split[/\s+/]->[8];   #somebody told me like this.

but it doesnt work. if i use some array in the split function like:-

@array=split(/\s+/,$abc);
print $array[8];

this way it works. But I dont want to use array. Its newbie question
actually.

pls help.

Thanks
-Dhiraj
 


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