This is most likely the problem.

I have to say, this was pretty darn intuitive of you, and I really appreciate the help.

Since I'm trying to stop benig such a hack (ugly code, procedural, use strict, etc.), is this the prettyiest way to while over a string?

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;

my $string="wheristhelove";
my @array=split(/\s*/, $string);
foreach (@array){
...
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Again, thank you so much for your help!