Dear Monks,

Usually when I use 'split', I define the separator as a non-printable character: 

perl -e '$sep=chr(254);$s="85$sep"."mat\@com";($key,$email)=split($sep
+,$s);print"$key\t$email\n";'

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And the result is: 

85      mat@com

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Now a client wants to see the separator in the 'select' drop down box, so I defined the separator with the following: 
perl -e '$s="85|mat\@com";$sep="\|"; ($key,$email)=split($sep,$s); pri
+nt "$key\t$email\n";'

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And the result is: 
8       5

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If I do it this way, it works: 

perl -e '$s="85|mat\@com";($key,$email)=split(/\|/,$s);print "$key\t$e
+mail\n";'

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I know "|" is a special character, but what is going on?

Regards...Ed

"Well done is better than well said." - Benjamin Franklin

In reply to What am I doing wrong with 'split' by flexvault

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