>Is there a function to load a @list with string's characters as elements: > > @list= func("anystring"); > >returns $list[0]="a", .... $list[9]="g" ??? > >I read getc must be avoided (SLOW!) ... > >Luca.post Hello, The following script works. #!perl -w $MyString = "werewolf"; @Ar = split (/ */,$MyString); for $i (0 .. $#Ar) { print "ARRAY : $Ar[$i]\n"; } Read the description of split on p.185 of the Camel. Bob __________________________________________________________ Bob Wilkinson, Perl Programmer, Pindar plc Tel: +44 (0)1904 613040 Email: B.Wilkinson@pindar.co.uk Fax: +44 (0)1904 613110 URL: http://www.pindar.co.uk __________________________________________________________