Hello, long time listener, first time caller here. I am trying to insert records into a db via a data file. Some of the records contain newlines represented by \n that I need to be preserved in the db. I am using prepared statements, so I need the record with \n to be sent as a double-quoted string to get the desired results. The problem is that split strings behave like a single-quoted string (I'm not sure if that's the correct terminology). For example, if I hard code the following in my script it works fine: 
@data = (1, 9999, "Here comes \n a new line");
$dbh->execute(@data);

Query results:
Here comes
a new line

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But if I have a data file with 1|9999|Here comes \n a new line and then read that data file in such as: 
while (<FH>) {
   @arr = split /\|/;
   $dbh->execute(@arr);
}

Query results:
Here comes \n a new line

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I need the same behavior that I get with the hard-coded string when reading from a data file. Thanks for any help you can offer!

In reply to Make string that results from split behave like double-quoted string by knobcreekman

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