in reply to Split ( ) is Giving Me a Splitting Headache

You should read perldoc -f split 
#!usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
my $Phrase = "Hello World";
my @Parts = split(/\s/,  $Phrase) ;

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## this works
Volker Kroll -- Seeker of Wisdom in the perl of programminglanguages Berlin -- Germany

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