Re: $ARGV[0] won't work in Perl 5.6

[Dirk Bremer]

splint should be split! Dirk Bremer - Systems Programmer II - ESS/AMS  - NISC St. Peters 636-922-9158 ext. 652 fax 636-447-4471   [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.nisc.cc ----- Original Message ----- From: The Realist's Mail To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 16:51 Subject: $ARGV[0] won't work in Perl 5.6 Can someone tell me why this code won't work in Perl 5.6   $param = $ARGV[0]; @array = splint(/:/, $param); $Machine = @array[0]; $process = @array[1]; print  "The machine is $Machine and the process is $process \n"; exit;   I get returned.   The machine is   and the process is  .   In 5.5 I get returned   The machine is \\celmfg-fpsdev and the process is ODBCOPC.exe.   I run the program the same way in both cases.   argtest.pl \\celmfg-fpsdev:ODBCOPC.exe   What is up...has this command been replaced ?. Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]   James W Frazier CIO Pervasive Technologies