I have come across a hurdle with some code I am currently writing and seek enlightenment from my fellow monks. I am wanting to set up a split statement to split a string based on either "," or "," - that is /,\s+/ and /\,/. I have attempted this with a split command thus:

my @array = split(/,(\s+|)/, $string);

The problem with this is that I seem to be getting an additional array field consisting of a single space - That is if $string is this@emailaddress.com, that@emailaddress.com, I have the following returned: 

this@emailaddress.com
 
that@emailaddress.com

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This is most obviously an syntax error on my part, but an explanation of my fault to further my understanding would be appreciated much more than an immediate code solution. I can post the full segment of code where I am having this issue if need be, but have trimmed the post to contain only the most relevant information - /msg me if more information is needed.

Many Thanks

 

Ooohhh, Rob no beer function well without!

In reply to split strangeness by rob_au

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