Ken Foskey schreef: > split( /\s+/, $vob_list )
There is a difference between that and split( ' ', $vob_list ) The latter skips whitespace at the start. perl -e ' $_ = qq{ abc def\tghi\njkl} ; @_ = split /\s+/ ; $" = qq{>\n<} ; print [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' [> <abc> <def> <ghi> <jkl] perl -e ' $_ = qq{ abc def\tghi\njkl} ; @_ = split q{ } ; $" = qq{>\n<} ; print [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' [abc> <def> <ghi> <jkl] -- Affijn, Ruud "Gewoon is een tijger." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>