in reply to How to get split $var to work like split ' '?

$split_pattern = ' ' unless defined $split_pattern;

Update: I have just given a way to define the default pattern that you asked for for use if no other pattern has been defined. But you might consider using something else than ' ', because of its special behavior. For example:

$split_pattern = qr / / unless defined $split_pattern;

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Re^2: How to get split $var to work like split ' '?
by QM (Parson) on Sep 10, 2013 at 16:33 UTC