split() not working the way I would expect...

snafu has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

perl -e '$var="11/22";$x,$y = split("/",$var,);print "x is $x and y is
+ $y\n";'

x is  and y is 2

perl -e '$var="11/22";$x,$y = split(/\//,$var,);print "x is $x and y i
+s $y\n";'

x is  and y is 2
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What am I doing wrong here?

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- Jim

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(jeffa) Re: split() not working the way I would expect... by jeffa (Bishop) on Aug 25, 2001 at 00:21 UTC
You forgot to specify a LIST on the left hand side: `perl -e '$var="11/22";($x,$y) = split("/",$var,);print "x is $x and y +is $y\n";'` [download] jeffa A flute with no holes is not a flute . . . a doughnut with no holes is a danish. - Basho, famous philosopher	[reply] [d/l]
Re: split() not working the way I would expect... by blakem (Monsignor) on Aug 25, 2001 at 00:22 UTC
`perl -e '$var="11/22";($x,$y) = split(/\//,$var,);print "x is $x and y + is $y\n";'` [download] Update: darn, just a little slow on the draw.... Update2: but not quite as slow as the AM below... looks like it took nearly 12 hours to type that one up. ;-) -Blake	[reply] [d/l]
Re: split() not working the way I would expect... by Anonymous Monk on Aug 25, 2001 at 12:03 UTC
`perl -e '$var="11/22";($x,$y) = split("/",$var);print "x is $x and y i +s $y\n";'` [download]	[reply] [d/l]