in reply to File Parsing REGEX

Use the split /PATTERN/,EXPR,LIMIT form of split, specify a limit, which is the maximum number of fields split will split the record into.

my ($name, $email, $text) = split /,/, $_, 3;

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Re: Re: File Parsing REGEX
by nite_man (Deacon) on Feb 11, 2004 at 12:26 UTC

    For case 

    my ($name, $email, $text) = split /,/, $_, 3;

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    it's working but how about case 
    my ($name, $email, $text, $status) = split /,/, $_;

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    ???

    ~ Schiller

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