How to run Perl script from vb exe

[Mangesh Paranjape]

I am trying to run perl script from 
vb using shell object.
it opens aDOS window 
andshows me the path to Bin directory and dosent do anything. any 
suggestions??

Split function

[Mangesh Paranjape]

Forwarded on behalf of Moshe:
I would like to know if this is OK?
@array = split(/(--|;)/,$var);
I would like to split on either a double dash or a semi colon with one split 
using ( | ).
Is that viable, or do I have to test for either one, and split 
accordingly.
Thanks.
A friend of Mangesh