option 1

perl c:\ulisse\elisheva-demo01.pl
Pe on MSWin32 arch MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
s1='Hi Thing One' s2=''
s1='Hi Thing One' s2='Hi Thing Two*Bye Thing Two'
Option 1
s1='Hi Thing One' s2='Hi Thing Two*Bye Thing Two'


>echo option 2
option 2

>perl c:\ulisse\elisheva-demo01.pl
Pe on MSWin32 arch MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
s1='Hi Thing One' s2=''
s1='Hi Thing One' s2='Hi Thing Two*Bye Thing Two'
Option 2
s1='Hi Thing One' s2='Hi Thing Two*Bye Thing Two'

>perl -v

This is perl, v5.8.8 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread