•Re: Re: making a single column out of a two-column text file

while (<>) {
    /(\S*)\s+(\S*)/;

    push @a, $1 if length $1;
    push @b, $2 if length $2;
}
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Broken, if the regex ever not matches. Please don't use $1 except in the conditional testing the regex that you think might match.

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Re^3: making a single column out of a two-column text file by diotalevi (Canon) on Feb 26, 2003 at 01:56 UTC
Beter as `next unless /(\S)\s+(\S)/`?	[reply] [d/l]
•Re: Re^3: making a single column out of a two-column text file by merlyn (Sage) on Feb 26, 2003 at 02:20 UTC
Well, I might prefer `/(\S)\s+(\S)/ or next;` on the basis that it's more sequential that way. -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker Be sure to read my standard disclaimer if this is a reply.	[reply] [d/l]