in reply to array split problems

replace the line: 
$line = chomp ($line);

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with simply: 
chomp ($line);

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and your troubles will all be behind you...

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Re: Re: array split problems
by Anonymous Monk on Jan 20, 2004 at 16:41 UTC
    That worked perfectly thanks very much. Can you tell me why the line I wrote wouldn't work?
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      perldoc -f chomp returns:

        chomp VARIABLE
  chomp( LIST )
  chomp   
     This safer version of "chop" removes any trailing string that
     corresponds to the current value of $/ (also known as
     $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR in the "English" module). It returns
     the total number of characters removed from all its arguments.

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      Your code didn't work because of the following statement: It returns the total number of characters removed from all its arguments..

      /oliver/

      Hans: Not ze problem!
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      Because chomp() returns the characters removed, not the characters remaining.
      The PerlMonk tr/// Advocate
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