Re: [MacPerl] Split versus Join

[pudge@pobox.com (Chris Nandor)]

At 14.48 97/2/19, Mark Manning/Metrica wrote:
>        @theLine = split( ")", $theCommand );
>        @theLine = split( "\)", $theCommand );
>        @theLine = split( '\)', $theCommand );
>        @theLine = split( /\)/, $theCommand );

A little bit of perspective to help y'all remember: the reason for this is
that in the split() function you are MATCHING text, so you use the regex
syntax.  It is in fact a regular expression you are using in the split()
function.  However, with join(), you are specifiying explicitly what text
to drop in, so you use quotes.

This would also be appropriate:

>        @theLine = split(m"\)", $theCommand );

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