in reply to Wrong content of variable passed to sub

my @fields = split(/\|/); my $name = $fields[0]; $name =~ s/\s*//; $name =~ s/\s*$//; my $value = $fields[1]; $value =~ s/\s*//; $value =~ s/\s*$//; my $status = $fields[3]; $status =~ s/\s*//; $status =~ s/\s*$//;

That should be:

my ( $name, $value, undef, $status ) = split /\|/; s/^\s+//, s/\s+$// for $name, $value, $status;

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Re^2: Wrong content of variable passed to sub
by olafmar (Novice) on Aug 21, 2013 at 20:29 UTC
    I implemented your suggestion too, thanks!