[lug] perl question

[Paul Walmsley]

On Sat, 27 Apr 2002, j davis wrote:

> $array[0] =  Dr. Stephen Abel
>              5 Ellen Court
>              Orinda, CA 94563
>              Deanmail#
>
> $array[1] = William J (Jr.) Abraham
>             11137 E Mariola Way
>             Scottsdale, AZ
>             85262-3203
>             furlow#
>
> and so on... this happens because of some split stuff i did in the script
> that put the list in its current format. Im ok with this...
> i just want to know how i can get each line from say..$array[0]
> into another array so each line is a diffrent var..like
>
> $newarray[o] = William (jr) abrham
> $newarray[1] = 11137 e Mariola way

consider splitting on a newline, e.g.,

	my @lines = split (/\n/, $array[0]);


- Paul