split function usage

[supriyamk]

Hi,
in order to split a path i used split m!/!, $Dir_name.
when i print the path, it gives \, so i tried different combinations but none are working,
please let me know.
i tried -
split m!\!, $_
split /\/, $_
etc

thanks in advance

[bmerlover]

I'm not sure if you specifically need the split function or not. I usually use the index() and rindex() function to seperate the directory paths from each other. For example: if you want to split c:\program files\software\ specific. And you wanted to split "specific" from the the rest of the directory path. I would do the following:

#you want to add 1 because you want to skip "\"
$index_num = rindex($_, "\") + 1;

#specific would be saved in $filename
$filename = substr($_, $index_num); 

#the directory would be saved into $directory path
$dir_path = substr($_, 0, $index_num);

[numberwhun]

To split up a path, the best thing to use is the File::Basename module. It is a much more efficient way to accomplish this task.

Regards,

Jeff

[KevinADC]

The backslash needs to be escaped, you need two of them, the first escapes the second one:

split /\\/, $_

But I also reccomend you use File::Basename

[supriyamk]

Thank you so much for the responses.