in reply to Re: Spliting file + removing column
in thread Spliting file + removing column

my @row = split(/\s+/,$row);

is more compactly written as

my @row = split' ',$row;

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Re^3: Spliting file + removing column
by Anonyrnous Monk (Hermit) on Jan 13, 2011 at 12:05 UTC

    ...it's not the same. In other words, it depends on what the OP wants.

    split ' ' is "magic" in that it ignores leading white space, while split /\s+/ does not.