Re^3: Is it possible to split a hash key?

... The difference is that the regex is not the string itself (/ /) but /\s+/

...not to forget the subtle, additional magic of ' ' vs. /\s+/ in the handling of leading whitespace. Compare

my $s = " foo bar baz";

print join("|", split /\s+/, $s), "\n";  # prints  |foo|bar|baz
print join("|", split ' ', $s), "\n";    # prints  foo|bar|baz
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Re^4: Is it possible to split a hash key? by Anno (Deacon) on Jul 29, 2007 at 13:23 UTC
...not to forget the subtle, additional magic of ' ' vs. /\s+/ in the handling of leading whitespace. Oh right, that too. `split()` is too clever for its own good by half. Anno	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: Is it possible to split a hash key? by diotalevi (Canon) on Jul 29, 2007 at 17:31 UTC
Gee, see I thought most people would learn that one exception because it's the most useful mode for "text." ⠤⠤ ⠙⠊⠕⠞⠁⠇⠑⠧⠊	[reply]