in reply to split problem

You need to escape the | because it is a special character in regexes (split uses regexes): 
  my @array = split /\|/ ;

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Re^2: split problem
by crusty_collins (Friar) on Oct 02, 2014 at 18:09 UTC
    I thought i tried that but i guess i didnt because that works! Thank you !
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      for safety I often use split /\s*\|\s*/ which will also remove whitespace between the quotes in case it's there.
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