split - maxSplit

[Brian Shoemaker]

I have numerous files where I do the following....

Within in a foreach loop I use......

($id,$dir,$code,$etc) = split(/\|/,$i);

However, the Perl 5 book I have lists the syntax of split as.....

lvalue = split(/pattern/,expression,maxSplit);

I've never used the maxSplit parameter in my scripts. By not using the
maxSplit parameter am I slowing things down?

One of the files I use the foreach/split is close to 10 MB. (that may or may
not be large.... I don't really know.)

Thanks!
Brian Shoemaker