It sounds like you might have multiple spaces between some elements.
Try this... @date = split(/\s+/,$date); This will split on one or more spaces. Rob -----Original Message----- From: Alex Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 9:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: split, ignoring spaces I'm doing the following to seperate out items: @date = split(/ /,$date); However, I keep ending up with a space in @date[3]. How do I totally eliminate spaces so only words/numbers appear in the array? _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
