Re: What am I doing wrong with 'split'

You need to escape your escape.

 perl -e '$s="85|mat\@com";$sep="\\\|"; ($key,$email)=split($sep,$s); 
+print "$key\t$email\n";'
85    mat@com
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Re^2: What am I doing wrong with 'split' by flexvault (Monsignor) on Aug 11, 2013 at 10:08 UTC
rnewsham, Thanks, makes sense now that you pointed it out. Regards...Ed "Well done is better than well said." - Benjamin Franklin	[reply]