Eric Hennessey wrote:
> 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?
You left the pattern off.
split /PATTERN/,EXPR,LIMIT
split /PATTERN/,EXPR
split /PATTERN/
split Splits a string into a list of strings and returns that list. By
default, empty leading fields are preserved, and empty trailing ones
are deleted.
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