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From: rbj@uunet.UU.NET (Root Boy Jim)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: split()
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Date: 23 Apr 91 02:55:34 GMT
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In <z36534@idunno.Princeton.EDU> subbarao@phoenix (Kartik Subbarao) writes:
?Why do I have to say this in perl:
?
?@foo = split(/[ ,]+/, join(' ', @ARGV));
?
?When all I just want to say is:
?
?@foo = split(/[ ,]+/, @ARGV);

Split takes anywhere from zero to three arguments.
The applicable one here is @array = split(/pat/,$string);

You should, however, be able to get away with

	@foo = split(/[ ,]+/, "@ARGV");

which will have the same effect as the join
providing you didn't change one of those variables
which I'm too lazy to look up (I lied: it's $").
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