Re^2: print last array element without a new line

Thanks for the check. And yet the code does NOT work. Against all expectation I continually get a new line after printing the last element of the array created by the split. I cannot find any explanation for why this might be occurring in any of my Perl books. I have read about $/ and $\ and checked through my code to ensure I didn't introduce some such change by a typo. So I'm left wondering how to solve the problem??? Anyone? The broader context may provide some hints: -the CSV files originate from LABVIEW -arrays of hashes are being used as a lookup table to link info from separate files. I'm tearing my hair out.

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Re^3: print last array element without a new line by onegative (Scribe) on Oct 19, 2011 at 20:14 UTC
Look at http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=791664	[reply]
Re^4: print last array element without a new line by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 19, 2011 at 23:02 UTC
That means you had a carriage return in the middle of the line. A better solution would be to change `chomp(my $record = $_);` [download] to `s/\r?\n//; my $record = $_;` [download] or even `s/\s+\z//; my $record = $_;` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: print last array element without a new line by sy (Initiate) on Oct 19, 2011 at 21:05 UTC
Thank you kindly! That was it. One of my files was from a distinct source (CSV export from Apple Numbers) and hence had a different line separator. Changing the local definition of $/ fixed the problem. Thanks so much for your help!	[reply]