@functxt = split /\s+/;

Usually, that's not the pattern you want to use with split. Given the data format specification we were given in the above problem, it wouldn't make a difference, but split ' ' (or just split with no arguments at all) is usually what is really wanted. The difference is that \s+ can produce a null field when there is leading whitespace.

-sauoq
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