title: How do you tokenise / tokenize / split a delimited string in Perl?
body: <p>How do you split a string e.g. "a:b:c:d" into tokens for parsing in Perl?</p>
  
  <p>(e.g. using split?)</p>
  
  <p>Looking for clear, straightforward answer above all (but do add any interesting tidbits of info afterwards).</p>