--- Nick Marden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Am I missing something?
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] nick] cat split_test.pl
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
>
> while(my $line = <>) {
> my @F = split( ',', $line );
> print "[EMAIL PROTECTED] has ", scalar(@F), " entries\n";
> }
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] nick] perl split_test.pl
> A,B,C
> @F has 3 entries
> A,B,C,D,E,F
> @F has 6 entries
> A,B,C,D,,
> @F has 6 entries
> A,B,C,,,
> @F has 6 entries
>
As far as I can tell, this always returns 6 b/c you're not
chomping $line. Hence the last field isn't empty, it
actually contains the newline character \n. This makes @F
always have 6 entries--
=====
Ken Gosier
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