C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Renee>perl my @array = qw( t:t test.:.hallo test.:hallo t:. ); use Data::Dumper; print Dumper([split /.:./],[split /\.:\./]) for @array; ^D $VAR1 = []; $VAR2 = [ 't:t' ]; $VAR1 = [ 'test', 'hallo' ]; $VAR2 = [ 'test', 'hallo' ]; $VAR1 = [ 'test', 'allo' ]; $VAR2 = [ 'test.:hallo' ]; $VAR1 = []; $VAR2 = [ 't:.' ];