perl -le 'print $]; @a = split/,/,"nick,1,2,,56,88"; print scalar @a' ; perl -V:osname
5.008005
6
osname='linux';

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perl -le "print $]; @a=split/,/,'nick,1,2,,56,88'; print scalar @a" & perl -V:osname
5.026002
6
osname='MSWin32';