> -----Original Message----- > From: Conor Lillis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 8:08 AM > To: PERL Beginners (E-mail); Perl-Win32-Users (E-mail) > Subject: Data manipulation problem > > ... > # split @data1, to isolate the e-mail address from the name eg. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > @emaildata = split(/,/, @data1); ^^^^^^ The second arg to split should be a string, not an array. @data1 is being evaluated in scalar context, which returns the number of elements in @data1. This is where the "1" is coming from.
> > # print the e-mail address, NOT. This prints an > integer, I am not > sure why. HELP this where it goes pear-shaped. > printf "emaildata is @emaildata[0]"; This should be $emaildata[0], not @emaildata[0], as has been mentioned. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
