Re: split function gives emply line as output of the array element

perldoc -f split

split /PATTERN/
split   Splits the string EXPR into a list of strings and returns that
        list. By default, empty leading fields are preserved, and empt
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        trailing ones are deleted. (If all fields are empty, they are
        considered to be trailing.)
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Why don't you split on ";" like has already been suggested?

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Re^2: split function gives emply line as output of the array element by Anonymous Monk on Nov 09, 2009 at 07:01 UTC
If there is no leading empty space (field), in his case shouldn't split return just two elements in the array?	[reply]
Re^3: split function gives emply line as output of the array element by Anonymous Monk on Nov 09, 2009 at 07:50 UTC
split CUTS your string into fields. Between the beginning of string and "WINGFRAME ", there is the empty string. Example `$ perl -e " print qq!($_)\n! for split /,/, q!,1,2,3!" () (1) (2) (3) $ perl -e " print qq!($_)\n! for split /,/, q!,,,,1,2,3!" () () () () (1) (2) (3) $ perl -e " print qq!($_)\n! for split /(,)/, q!,,,,1,2,3!" () (,) () (,) () (,) () (,) (1) (,) (2) (,) (3)` [download] There is an empty string around every corner `$ perl -e " print qq!($_)\n! for split /,/, q!5,,,!" (5) $ perl -e " print qq!($_)\n! for split /(,)/, q!5,,,!" (5) (,) () (,) () (,)` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]