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sub do_split {
           my @fields = split;

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By default split operates on $_, while your argument is in @_. So all the $fields[N] lines are uninitialized.

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RE: RE: strange uninitialized value problem
by jjhorner (Hermit) on Jun 02, 2000 at 21:54 UTC

    Either I'm missing something, or I'm dumb.

    $log = "something", do_split($log) should have a string, right? 

    J. J. Horner
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      $log = "something", do_split($log) should have a string, right?

      Right, but that string is in $_[0] not $_.
      Try putting: 

      shift;

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      as the first line of your sub. That will pop $_[0] into $_;
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