On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Brian Bukeavich wrote:
> I need a little help with the split function. I'm trying to split a line
> based on comma delimeters(,), but when I use the syntax below I don't get
> the results I expect. What am I doing wrong? Is there a an special escape
> sequence for a comma?
>
> my @asLine = split (/,/, $_);
what are you getting and what are you expecting to be getting? And what
does the data look like that you are splitting?
BTW, you don't need to specify $_ in split, it uses $_ if you don't
specify a variable to use.. So you can say
my @asLine = split /,/;
-- Brett
http://www.chapelperilous.net/btfwk/
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