split

[leena]

hello,

What I want to do is split a string where there is a $

The problem is that it reads it as a variable, and therefore sees no $, and then does not split.

EG)
$MyString=($myValue /$yourValue);

list($restOfString, $theField1String) = split ("$", $MyString, 2);
list($theField1, $restOfString) = split (" ", $theField1String, 2);

So what I am trying to do is get that first variable name:
"myValue" out of the "$MyString"

It will work if I change the $ in MyString to a &
EG) $MyString=(&myValue /&yourValue);

list($restOfString, $theField1String) = split ("&", $MyString, 2);
list($theField1, $restOfString) = split (" ", $theField1String, 2);

Then it will get the "myValue", and "yourValue" names.

Do you know of any way I can leave $ in there and have it work?

Thanks for your time. Any help is greatly appreciated.

[frigidman]

Use single quotes in the split() function around the $. Single quotes will turn off variable interpretation on the content of the single quotes.

"Should work" 😃