A regexp/split question

wrote by Monk takshaka on Wed Jun 7 2000 at 20:41 @flds = split; # or @flds = split ' '; Skips leading whitespace. ########################## I can't understand these expression,but It worked indeed,why? @flds=split ' ' equate @flds=split(' ',$_); it is not equate @flds=split(/ /,$_); What different between ' ' and / / ? I hope you can understand my poorly english,Thanks!

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RE: A regexp/split question by takshaka (Friar) on Jun 08, 2000 at 11:05 UTC
`split;` and `split ' ', $line;` are special cases that split on whitespace just like /\s+/ but without leading null fields. This behavior is described in the perlfunc entry on split.	[reply]