John W. Krahn wrote:
> Rob Dixon wrote:
>>
>> John W. Krahn wrote:
>>> Scot Needy wrote:
>>>>
>>>> ($wwwname,$cust,$YYMMDDay) = split('\.',$_);
>>>
>>> The first argument to split is a regular expression.
>>>
>>> my ( $wwwname, $cust, $YYMMDDay ) = split /\./;
>>
>> But, as it has an implied 'm',
>
> I don't know what you mean by this. Could you explain please?
>
Sure. I'm saying that
split '\.';
actually compiles as
split m'\.'
and is therefore the same. It has to be a valid quotation character
though, because anything else won't be recognised out of context.
split m%\.%
works fine, but
split %\.%
gives a syntax error.
>
>> any delimiter will do.
>
> Have you tried it?
Yes :-)
Cheers,
Rob
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