Dear Ronald, Thanks for the quick reply!
> >You don't show the most relevant portion of the code, which is printing the >array. I suspect it looks something like this: > >print "@fruit"; You were right! > >When you interpolate an array inside a double-quoted string, the elements >are joined together with the value of the special variable $", i.e.: > >"@fruit" eq join($", @fruit) > >$" is space by default. So, the spaces are not being added when you read >in the array. In fact, there are no spaces in the array, which is why you >were unable to test for them or remove them. The spaces are being added >when you print the array. > >Try this instead: > >print @fruit; You were right again! This did it. Now it works just fine. Kind regards Anette
