Rob Dixon wrote:
> 
> John W. Krahn wrote:
> > Rob Dixon wrote:
> >>
> >> John W. Krahn wrote:
> >>> Scot Needy wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>         ($wwwname,$cust,$YYMMDDay) = split('\.',$_);
> >>>
> >>> The first argument to split is a regular expression.
> >>>
> >>>     my ( $wwwname, $cust, $YYMMDDay ) = split /\./;
> >>
> >> But, as it has an implied 'm',
> >
> > I don't know what you mean by this.  Could you explain please?
> 
> Sure. I'm saying that
> 
>     split '\.';
> 
> actually compiles as
> 
>     split m'\.'
> 
> and is therefore the same. It has to be a valid quotation character
> though, because anything else won't be recognised out of context.

So, you are saying that:

    split ' ';

Is the same as:

    split m' ';

And the same as:

    split / /;




John
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