Because the | is part of the regex which allows for (a|b|c| which
says if a or b or c. So what you have is basically I believe null or null
which comes down to split(,$_[1]). What you want would be to escape the |
like \|, so you would have split(/\|/, $_[1]);
Wags ;) ps My terminology may not be correct and someone will enlighten us
if it is incorrect.
-----Original Message-----
From: Rowe, Sean D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 08:53
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Problem with split
I have a string that is delimited by the '|' character. I pass this string
to a sub, and within the sub I break it apart using split
my @Array = split(/|/, $_[1]);
When I print out the array, I find that split has broken the string apart
character by character, and not by the delimiter. It looks like this:
A
S
T
R
I
N
G
I thought, maybe the the $_[1] string is somehow written with a | after
every character, but I checked and it's not. I've run out of ideas, and
would appreciate any help. Thanks!
Sean
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