Re: Another question about the split function

If you're having a problem with split, the official documentation is the first place to look. You can access it...

from the command line by typing perldoc -f split (*nix and Windows)
in HTML (ActivePerl on Windows) via start-->Programs-->ActivePerl-->Documentation
by typing doc://split into the PerlMonks search box
by Googling for perldoc split.

Any of the links I've posted will also take you there.

Anyway, split says (with my emphasis)...

If EXPR is omitted, splits the $_ string. If PATTERN is also omitted, splits on whitespace (after skipping any leading whitespace)

and ...

As a special case, specifying a PATTERN of space (' ' ) will split on white space just as split with no arguments does

So, all you need to do is

my @statusLineFields = split(' ', $statusLine);
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Re^2: Another question about the split function
by pfaut (Priest) on Dec 11, 2007 at 23:16 UTC

If EXPR is omitted, splits the $_ string. If PATTERN is also omitted, splits on whitespace (after skipping any leading whitespace)

As a special case, specifying a PATTERN of space (' ' ) will split on white space just as split with no arguments does

Those little factoids escaped me. I suppose it's time to start reading 'Programming Perl' for the third (or is it fourth?) time. No matter how many times I read it I always pick up something new

90% of every Perl application is already written. ⇒

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