At 02:50 PM 4/25/2001
> > Well, it's not obvious. To tell you honestly, I was initially
> > shocked that split didn't complain about the string, demanding a
> > pattern instead.
>
>"split ' '" is a pretty common idiom, though it still confuses me.
>I suppose it's hardcoded?
Yes. Check the bottom
At 01:07 PM 4/25/2001, you wrote:
>Such as, for example, if the limit was 4, the fourth variable would
>contain the remainder of the string, rather than the fourth part of the
>split.
>
>perldoc -f split(again)
>
>:-)
>
>--
>Paul Johnson - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dude, you're cool. : )
I may not
--- Sean O'Leary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 10:48 AM 4/25/2001, you wrote:
>
> >Thanks for that Steven,
> >
> >I knew it was obvious
> >
> >Gary
>
> Well, it's not obvious. To tell you honestly, I was initially
> shocked that split didn't complain about the string, demanding a
> pattern i
Lightning flashed, thunder crashed and "Sean O'Leary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> whisp
ered:
| split (/./, $ARGV[0], 5)
|
| I don't know what the 5 is doing there ( I think it should be a 4, because
| you are assigning the result of the split to 4 a list of variables, but the
| compiler knows about ma
On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 07:20:22PM +0200, M.W. Koskamp ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spew-ed
forth:
[snip]
>
> So does split(#.#, $ARGV[0]).
> Perl allows to use different delimiters for regular expressions, i case it
> helps to make the expressing more readable.
> Say i want to split on a backslash.
> Th
- Original Message -
From: Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Sean O'Leary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: missing something obvious
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 12:47:59PM -0400, Sean O'Lea
On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 12:47:59PM -0400, Sean O'Leary wrote:
> split (".", $ARGV[0])
>
> becomes
>
> split (/./, $ARGV[0], 5)
>
> I don't know what the 5 is doing there ( I think it should be a 4, because
> you are assigning the result of the split to 4 a list of variables, but the
> compile
At 10:48 AM 4/25/2001, you wrote:
>Thanks for that Steven,
>
>I knew it was obvious
>
>Gary
Well, it's not obvious. To tell you honestly, I was initially shocked that
split didn't complain about the string, demanding a pattern instead. Then
I looked more at and played a bit, and found the Pe
cc:
> Subject: missing
> something obvious 04/25/01 10:26 AM
>
>
>
>
>
> I know this is gonna be a daft one, but can anyone explain why the
> following code generates the output below.
>
> print &q
Hi Gary,
On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 03:26:31PM +0100, Gary Stainburn
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spew-ed forth:
> I know this is gonna be a daft one, but can anyone explain why the
> following code generates the output below.
>
> print "argv=$ARGV[0]\n";
> my($dealer,$system,$dtype,$ref)=split(".",$ARGV[
t; cc:
Subject: missing something
obvious
I know this is gonna be a daft one, but can anyone explain why the
following code generates the output below.
print "argv=$ARGV[0]\n";
my($dealer,$system,$dtype,$ref)=split(".",$ARGV[0]);
print"dealer=${dealer}\nsystem=${system}\ndtype=${dtype}\nref=${ref}\n";
I've tried 1st without the braces,
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