On Sun, 13 Feb 2000 14:17:37 GMT, Bart Lateur wrote: >If you want alternative delimiters, prefix the pattern with "m". > > @IPN = split m|\.|, $1; # m|PATTERN| I just thought of the following perverse variation: @IPN = split m"\.", $1; It uses '"' as delimiters, but thanks to the "m" prefix, it still is a pattern, and parsed as a pattern. Therefore, it needs just one backslash. -- Bart. # ===== Want to unsubscribe from this list? # ===== Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to macperl-request@macperl.org