Rob Dixon wrote: > > John W. Krahn wrote: > > > > So, you are saying that: > > > > split ' '; > > > > Is the same as: > > > > split m' '; > > > > And the same as: > > > > split / /; > > The second and third are the same. The first one, a > single space, is a special case. It splits on whitespace the > same as: > > split; > > and > > split '\s+'; ^^^^^^^^^^^ That is most definitely _not_ the same. :-)
$ perl -e' $_ = " one two "; print ">$_< " for split; print "\n"; print ">$_< " for split " "; print "\n"; print ">$_< " for split /\s+/; print "\n"; ' >one< >two< >one< >two< >< >one< >two< John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]