it will be undefined. kind of null. and defined( $options) -- will result in false. If you use it in expressions, you will get "".
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 5:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: split Hey if I do split like the line below. What is put in options when there are only 3 . ($hello,$good,$etc,$options) = split /\s/,$line; -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>