If not using length() direcly on @world_list: @word_list = qw(bla bla bla bla bla joah hey); foreach $element (@word_list) { local($content); my(@lengths); $content = length($element); push(@lengths, $element); # or different order, I always forgot this :) } -------------- Bob Erinkveld (Webmaster Insane Hosts) www.insane-hosts.net MSN: gotan2k3@hotmail.com >From: "Tanton Gibbs" <thgibbs@deltafarms.com> >To: "Erik Browaldh" ><eribro@Pool.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>, <beginners@perl.org> >Subject: Re: transforming strings to an array of characters >Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 07:35:04 -0500 > >I know this has already been answered, but usually you can do things more >efficiently on the string itself...what are you trying to do? > >Tanton >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Erik Browaldh" <eribro@Pool.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> >To: <beginners@perl.org> >Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 7:24 AM >Subject: transforming strings to an array of characters > > > > hi everyone! > > > > if I have a string, lets say > > $word="perl"; > > > > I want to copy this so I have something like this: > > @word_list["p","e","r","l"] > > > > also, how do I get the length of @word_list? > > > > thanks in advance! > > Erik > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscribe@perl.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-help@perl.org > > > > > > > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscribe@perl.org >For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-help@perl.org _________________________________________________________________ Chatten met je online vrienden via MSN Messenger. http://messenger.msn.nl/Thread Previous | Thread Next