Joel Newkirk wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2003-12-14 at 14:52, John W. Krahn wrote:
> > Josimar Nunes De Oliveira wrote:
> > >
> > > From: "Perl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >
> > > > @temp = split(/#/, "abc#def#ghi#jkl") ;
> > >
> > > @temp = split('\#', "abc#def#ghi#jkl") ;
> >
> > The first argument to split is converted to a regular expression and the
> > '#' character is not special in a regular expression so split/#/ and
> > split'\#' do exactly the same thing.
>
> Well, actually they don't, since the 'bare' # will be interpreted as
> starting a comment, while the one in quotes won't... ;^)
In both cases the # is quoted. Read the document perlop.pod from "Quote
and Quote-like Operators" to the end for enlightenment.
perldoc perlop
John
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