in reply to output difference between backtic and open().

Split (usually) takes a pattern as its first arg, not a string. So that should probably be
split(/\s/,(...

Dave.

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Re^2: output difference between backtic and open().
by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Feb 26, 2014 at 02:30 UTC
    Split (usually) takes a pattern as its first arg, not a string.

    ... but it's perfectly happy with a string; see second example here.