Split can not do that. Use a regex such as my $sList = 'sample1:sample2:sample3:sample4:sample5'; my ($s1, $s2) = ($sList =~ m!\A([^:]*):(.+)\Z!); print "s1=$s1= s2=$s2=\n";
- - Martin -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephane Legault Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 09:16 To: [email protected] Subject: split question Hi, I want split a list in two parts from the same delimiter character. Here is the list [sample1:sample2:sample3:sample4:sample5] I would like a $variable containing sample1 and another one containing the rest. I search a lot on Internet and find how to split this in many variable ($x,$y)=split(/:/) but this is not useful for me. _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
