> > The part that confuses me is: > > ($who, $rest) = split /:\s*/, $line, 2; > > I understand that it takes the input and splits it into two > parts along the regular expression, but I can't figure out > what the 2 means. >
split the expression into a maximum of 2 perldoc -f split -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>