How do I read fixed-length records in Perl?

Question

What\'s the best way to read a fixed length record in Perl. I know to read a file like:

ABCDE 302
DEFGC 876

I can do

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Answer 1

Regardless of whether your records and fields are fixed-length, if the fields are separated by uniform delimiters (such as a space or comma), you can use the split function more easily than unpack.

my ($field1, $field2) = split / /;

Look up the documentation for split. There are useful variations on the argument list and on the format of the delimiter pattern.