Good point...
I ran some tests and it looks like /|/ matches just about anything...what
does /|/ mean?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Tanton Gibbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Hughes, Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: Text file manipulation
> On May 10, Tanton Gibbs said:
>
> >while( <FILE> ) { # loop through the file, store current rec in $_
> > my @record = split(/|/,$_); # record[0] = lastname
>
> You need to split on /\|/, not /|/.
>
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> <stu> what does y/// stand for? <tenderpuss> why, yansliterate of course.
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