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Note that your first construct works for split but your second would give no hints to split.

As to how this is done, I'd look at Want if I were curious.

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Re^5: Better mousetrap (getting top N values from list X) (want N)
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Feb 03, 2005 at 22:48 UTC
    I'd look at Want if I were curious

    Eek!

    Now I feel like Pandora!


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