On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 03:31:36AM -0500, M. Lewis wrote: > > Chad, I've been experimenting with this a bit since your posting. Maybe > this will help: (I'm trying to understand the diff too) > > perl -le' > my $ln = "one two three four "; > print map " |$_| ", split /\s/, $ln; > print map " |$_| ", split " ", $ln; > ' > |one| || |two| || |three| || |four| > |one| |two| |three| |four| > > > perl -le' > my $ln = "one two three four "; > print map " |$_| ", split /\s+/, $ln; > print map " |$_| ", split " ", $ln; > ' > |one| |two| |three| |four| > |one| |two| |three| |four|
That makes sense, considering I just checked the tutorials at PerlMonks and discovered that, according to split(), ' ' and /\s+/ are exactly the same. Frankly, I find that a bit surprising. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] "The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit." - W. Somerset Maugham -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
