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Re: [MacPerl] Merging elements
At 9:18 -0400 10/14/00, Ronald J Kimball wrote:
>On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 07:29:02PM -0700, John W Baxter wrote:
>> At 16:39 -0400 10/13/00, Ronald J Kimball wrote:
>> >split(' ', $in) is not a simple split. It is actually the same as
>> >split(/\s+/, $in), except that split(' ', $in) will discard a leading null
>> >field. This is a special feature of split, perfect for just this case.
>>
>> Except in the presence of tabs in $in, in which case ' ' and \s+ are rather
>> different split patterns.
>
>No, they're not. What are you referring to?
>
>The only difference between split(' ') and split(/\s+/) is that the former
>discards a leading null field while the latter does not.
Sorry...I carefully tested the wrong thing before posting. You are of
course correct.
--John
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John Baxter jwblist@olympus.net Port Ludlow, WA, USA
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