I'm trying to fill @files with: 
#$files[0] = '/usr/local/bin/foobar/a.html'
#$files[1] = '/usr/local/bin/foobar/b.html'
#$files[2] = '/usr/local/bin/foobar/c.html'
#$files[3] = '/usr/local/bin/foobar/d.html'
#$files[4] = '/usr/local/bin/foobar/e.html'
#$files[5] = '/usr/local/bin/foobar/f.html'

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here's the code: 
$tracker =
<<EOQ;
a.html<br>
b.html<br>
c.html<br>
d.html<br>
e.html<br>
f.html<br>
EOQ
 
$path = "/usr/local/bin/foobar/";

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Splitting works fine 
@ttt = split /<br>\n/, $tracker;
 
for (@ttt) {
    print "$_\n";
}

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My Question:

Should I be trying to do this by splitting and joining at once or is it better to do it in two separate calls? I guess I need to parenthesize things?

p220 of the Camel book 2nd ed. has this line:

print join ':', split / */, 'hi there';

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Can I do something similar?

This part doesn't work yet: 
@files = join split /<br>\n/, $tracker, $path;
 
foreach (@files) {
    print "$_\n"
}

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Thanks!

Edit ar0n 2001-07-27 -- fixed formatting

In reply to precedence: two functions on one line by kingman

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