Hello all!

Its another Sunday morning and that means I am trying to get my head around Perl again.

I am looking for an easy way to parse words out of a file that looks like this: 

aboveboard aboveground abovementioned abrade Abraham Abram Abramson
abrasion abrasive abreact abreast abridge abridgment abroad
abrogate abrupt abscess abscissa abscissae absence absent
absentee absenteeism absentia absentminded absinthe absolute absolutio
+n
absolve absorb absorbent absorption absorptive abstain abstention
abstinent abstract abstracter abstractor abstruse absurd abuilding
abundant abusable abuse abusive abut abutted abutting
abysmal abyss Abyssinia AC academe academia academic
academician academy Acadia acanthus Acapulco accede accelerate
accelerometer accent accentual accentuate accept acceptant acceptor
access accessible accession accessory accident accidental accipiter
acclaim acclamation acclimate accolade accommodate accompaniment accom
+panist

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I want to use something like: 

my @array = split/\s+/, $scaler;

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I have failed to find away to parse this is the pass the individual words on to a while (<>) argument..

My thanks and gratitude in advance to any who can set me straight. -hick

In reply to Parsing individual words from a file by UrbanHick

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