On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 03:55:38PM +0100, Jon wrote: > but it will also split on \n,\t.... so / +/ would be better if it's just > space you wanna split on ---end quoted text---
Check out the default settings for split ;-) ie. use Data::Dumper $_="mary had a little lamb"; @_=split; print Dumper \@_; it'll give you what I think you want: $VAR1 = [ 'mary', 'had', 'a', 'little', 'lamb' ]; -- Frank Booth - Consultant Parasol Solutions Limited. (www.parasolsolutions.com) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]