in reply to set context for method's return values

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Nitpick: split is not a method, methods are called with ->.

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Re^2: set context for method's return values
by demoralizer (Beadle) on Jan 25, 2022 at 15:22 UTC
    So close yet so far ;)

    Thanks to ALL of you for your helpful answers!
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