----- Original Message -----
From: "Jolok" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: perl.beginners
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 11:24 AM
Subject: printing elements of an array
> Hello
>
> This should be very straightforward:
>
> print "Enter 5 of your favorite foods: ";
> $favorites = ( <STDIN> );
> @foodlist=split(' ', $favorites);
> print "@foodlist\n";
> print "$foodlist[0]\n";
> print "$foodlist[1]\n";
> ...
>
>
> But I am getting (as output):
>
> food1 food2 food3 food4 food5
>
> food1 food2 food3 food4 food5
>
>
>
>
>
> end of output
> So, I'm guessing that the 'split' command is used incorrectly?
>
> The desired output would be:
>
> food1 food2 food3 food4 food5
>
> food1
> food2
> food3
> food4
> food5
>
>
> Can someone steer me in the right direction?
>
> --
> Best Regards,
>
> Joshua Lokken
> OMIC Portland Branch
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> (503) 807-6538
> -------------------------------------------->
>
>
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