Since "|" is a special character, escape it and try. It doesn't look like a bug.
Thanks, Kuldeep ________________________________ From: Sean Kelly <perl6-bugs-follo...@perl.org> To: bugs-bitbuc...@netlabs.develooper.com Sent: Sun, November 1, 2009 3:59:41 AM Subject: [perl #70141] bug in the split command # New Ticket Created by "Sean Kelly" # Please include the string: [perl #70141] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=70141 > Hi, I have found a bug in the perl split command. the following code: #!/usr/bin/perl $data=<stdin>; @inputarray = split(/|/, $data); print "@inputarray[0] @inputarray[1]"; when you enter: "45|35" #ignore quotes. applys to any numbers or split on any item it returns "4 5" not "45 35" would be interested in hearing back from you, Thanks, Sean
