Re: using split without $junk

TMTOWTDI - access the list with a slice

my $string = "keep;junk;keep";
my @keepers = (split ';', $string)[0,2];
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Re: Re: using split without $junk by Anonymous Monk on Nov 24, 2003 at 18:55 UTC
Perfection! This is precisely what I was looking for. Thanks!	[reply]