#!/usr/bin/perl -w



@seznam_datotek = </db/base_home/VNOS/PO5/*.po5>;
foreach $i (@seznam_datotek)
{
print "--- $i \n";

#$i=/db/base_home/VNOS/PO5/  #split razbije pot po slesih /

@pot = split("/", $i);


print "@pot[1], @pot[2]\n";

$info = "Caine:Michael:Actor:14, Leafy Drive";
@personal = split(/:/, $info);

}

#which has the same overall effect as 
@personal = ("Caine", "Michael", "Actor", "14, Leafy Drive");

#If we have the information stored in the $_ variable then we can just use this instead 
$_= ("Caine", "Michael", "Actor", "14, Leafy Drive");
@personal = split(/:/);

#If the fields are divided by any number of colons then we can use the RE codes to get round this. The code 

$_ = "Capes:Geoff::Shot putter:::Big Avenue";
@personal = split(/:+/);


#If we have the information stored in the $_ variable then we can just use this instead 
@personal = split(/:/);

#If the fields are divided by any number of colons then we can use the RE codes to get round this. The code 

$_ = "Capes:Geoff::Shot putter:::Big Avenue";
@personal = split(/:+/);

#is the same as 
@personal = ("Capes", "Geoff",
             "Shot putter", "Big Avenue");

#But this: 
$_ = "Capes:Geoff::Shot putter:::Big Avenue";
@personal = split(/:/);

#would be like 
@personal = ("Capes", "Geoff", "",
             "Shot putter", "", "", "Big Avenue");

#A word can be split into characters, a sentence split into words and a paragraph split into sentences: 
$word="abcdeggg"; $sentence="ta split pa je super"; $paragraph="ta odstavek	 deluje";
@chars = split(//, $word);
@words = split(/ /, $sentence);
@sentences = split(/\./, $paragraph);

#In the first case the null string is matched between each character, and that is why the @chars array is an array of characters - ie an array of strings of length 1. 







