I see. Thanks! Sean
-----Original Message----- From: Rowe, Sean D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 10:53 AM 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 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]