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From: usenet@carssdf.UUCP (John Watson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: split litteral vs reg.exp.
Message-ID: <237@carssdf.UUCP>
Date: 20 Mar 90 02:11:06 GMT
Organization: C.A.R.S.,Middlesex,NJ
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OK, so I'm a little dense, can one of you perl
'hackers' tell me the difference between
split('_'); and split(/_/);   When used on files
delimited by '_' like this:
First_Last_Address_City_State_Zip_etc...\n
Does it make any difference? Is one faster?
When would it make a difference?

John Watson   rutgers!carssdf!usenet