On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 04:24:08PM +0300, Richard Hainsworth wrote: > my ($name,@list) = .split /\,/;
That shouldn't parse, because .split should not be looking for an argument list. (And, in fact, STD rejects it.) You need one of: my ($name,@list) = .split: /\,/; my ($name,@list) = .split(/\,/); Larry