How to create an array from a string?

[Francesco Moi]

Hello.

I would like to create an array from a string. I tried with:
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$string = "1 2 3";
@array1 = [1,2,3];
@array2 = split(/\s/, $string);
print $array1[0] . " - " . $array1[1] . " - " . $array1[2] . "\n";
print $array2[0] . " - " . $array2[1] . " - " . $array2[2] . "\n";
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But I get:
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ARRAY(0x1674e9c) - -
1 - 2 - 3
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I would like to generate an array of the same type of 'array1' from
'string'. Is it possible?

Thank you very much.

 

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

@array1 = [1,2,3];

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Hmm.. Don't you mean:

@array1 = (1,2,3);

 

[Tad McClellan]

I would like to create an array from a string.

That is a bad thing to want.

Luckily, that isn't really what you want.

You want to _populate_ an array from a string, not create an array.

Yes?


my @array1 = split /\s+/, "1 2 3";

 

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

I need to create an _anonymous_ array (sorry, I din't mention it)
to be included in @data, e.g.:

@data = (['John','Peter','Sophie'],[1,2,3]);

$string = "1 2 3";
@data = (['John','Peter','Sophie'], [split /\s/, $string]);

print "$data[0]->[0] - $data[0]->[1] - $data[0]->[2]\n";
print "$data[1]->[0] - $data[1]->[1] - $data[1]->[2]\n";

 

[Tad McClellan]

So I would like to create an anonymous array from a string.

[ split /\s+/, "1 2 3" ]