I think I may have somehow broken my version of Perl. I am trying to use the split ( ) command to split a phrase into multiple parts, but I keep getting errors. I have tried searching every FAQ and manual I can find and I copy thier examples verbatim, but I continue to get the exact same error messages. Here is an example:

#!usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
my $Phrase = "Hello World";
my @Parts = split ( $Phrase );

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If I run this I get:

Use of uninitialized value in split at File.pl line #.

As I have stated earlier, I get this message even when I copy and paste code from this website.

Tony

PS - Remove all of the electronic stuff from your computer before you weld on the case.

In reply to Split ( ) is Giving Me a Splitting Headache by HughBris

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