>>>>> "JWK" == John W Krahn <jwkr...@shaw.ca> writes:
JWK> Uri Guttman wrote: >>>>>>> "HP" == Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> writes: >> HP> elems1 ( `split(/(\d\d)/,100421)' ): HP> has these elements: HP> I'm an element -> <> >> >> that is because there is always a leading null string between the start JWK> ^^^^^^^^ JWK> ITYM: almost always >> and a leading delimiter (which is 2 digits). JWK> :-) well, i said i didn't want to get into edge cases! split has several issues that need to be understood but not memorized. :) uri -- Uri Guttman ------ u...@stemsystems.com -------- http://www.sysarch.com -- ----- Perl Code Review , Architecture, Development, Training, Support ------ --------- Gourmet Hot Cocoa Mix ---- http://bestfriendscocoa.com --------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/