If you allow Perl to tell you about things it considers weird, you'll get more information:

use warnings;

my $text="ABCDE<\/Text>TUVWX";

my @splitted=[];

@splitted=split("\<\/Text\>".$text);

print "0.".$splitted[0]."\n";
print "1.".$splitted[1]."\n";
__END__
Use of uninitialized value $_ in split at tmp.pl line 7.
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This is because you only pass one argument to split, instead of two arguments.

One argument is because of the dot instead where you would want to write a comma:

@splitted=split("\<\/Text\>".$text);
#                           ^
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Also, the first argument to split is a regular expression, not a string. You might want to change your code to accomodate that:

@splitted=split(m!\<\/Text\>!, $text);
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Thank you Corion the fast response!

PS: note that split takes a pattern rather than a string as the regex; if you supply it with a string, that string undergoes normal double-quoted string processing, before belated being passed to the regex engine, which can cause things like \b to be misinterpreted. So get into the habit of using pattern delimiters:

@splitted=split(/\<\/Text\>/, $text);
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PPS: my @splitted=[]; doesn't do what you think it does. It is setting @splitted to contain one element, which is a reference to an array. You probably meant my @splitted= (). But that is doubly redundant; firstly the my declaration already creates an empty array, and secondly you immediately assign a new value to the array anyway - the returned list from split - so it doesn't matter if the array wasn't empty before.

Dave.

The dot is concatenating strings, you want to separate two arguments.

Don't feel bad about it. By asking a coherent question and providing code you have contributed to the wealth of knowledge about Perl! The next time someone makes the same mistake they may find this thread and be very grateful.

Finding this thread is not easy, because the problem is complex and hard to describe. Sometimes it is easier to make a new thread.

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