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That worked perfectly thanks very much. Can you tell me why the line I wrote wouldn't work?

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Re: Re: Re: array split problems
by neuroball (Pilgrim) on Jan 20, 2004 at 17:29 UTC

    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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Re:^3array split problems
by Roy Johnson (Monsignor) on Jan 20, 2004 at 17:29 UTC
    Because chomp() returns the characters removed, not the characters remaining.
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