Split() is used to split or delimit a string to make an array, by using the specified delimiters.

     split( delimiter, string); 

In the above syntax "delimiter" is the delimit operator or symbol to be used, "string" specifies the string to split.

    #! C:\programfiles\perl\bin\perl
    print "content-type: text/html\n\n";
    $fruits="grapes+cherry+orange";
    @f=split(/\+/,$fruits); 
    print "@f"; 

    grapes cherry orange

In the above example, the split function delimit the + symbol and displays an array element. The string has "+" as the delimiter, to know that its not an operator but a delimiter we use the backslash in between forward slashes. Now the string is split into an 3 element array.

    #! C:\programfiles\perl\bin\perl
    print "content-type: text/html\n\n";
    $fruits="grapes:cherry:orange";
    @f=split(/:/,$fruits); 
    print "@f"; 

    grapes cherry orange

In the above example, we used ":" as the seperator to split string, here we use only two forward slashes, not the backward slash in between as ":" is not an operator like "+" symbol.