RE: A silly (I think) question

[Messenger, Mark]

Try:

 

@fields=split(/\s/,$line);   

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Hennessey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 12:11 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: A silly (I think) question

I've got an issue with a split function, or at least I THINK that's where I'm having the problem.

 

Given that $line is one line of output from a command in column format, I run the following:

 

$line = `some command`;

chomp $line;

@fields = split $line;

 

This should produce a list of strings from $line, right?

 

Any idea why I'd have an empty list when $line contains the expected data as verified from a print command?

 

Thanks in advance!

Eric