String --> CHAR ARRAY?

How can i split a string into character array

suppose ...

$name = "str";

$char_array = split(????,$name) ...

i need "tr" from "str" removing first char ...

How can i do this ?

vijay

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$name = "str";
$char_array = split(????,$name) ...
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Actually the split() function is used to split a string expression into fields based on the delimiter specified by a PATTERN.

eg:
$string="sr j:jk:mn";
@fields=split(/:/,$string);

#it will remove all the ':' from the string and save the rest of the values in an array '@fields'.


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i need "tr" from "str" removing first char ...
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You don't have to use a split() function for that.
just use substr() for getting that.

$name="str";
$char=substr($name,1,2);

#it returns 'tr'.
#substr('string',starting from offset,length).

#you can also use substr($name,1);
#that will remove first character from the string and return you rest of the characters.




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[This message has been edited by Shiju Rajan (edited July 04, 2000).]

just to follow on from the previous reply ...

what you could do is :

$name="str";
@array= split(//,$name);

This will split the variable $name and place
each letter into the array @array.

Shaf.