Nikola Janceski wrote: > > That always confused me, by default split splits by /\s+/ so why confuse us > more by making " " and ' ' magical.
No, the default is NOT /\s+/, the following are all equivalent: @words = split; @words = split ' '; @words = split ' ', $_; John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]