Re: comparing kit names

perl_learner wrote:
> On May 6, 10:08 am, nore...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Gunnar Hjalmarsson) wrote:
>> perl_learner wrote:
>>> 
>>> my @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 = $KIT_LIST;
>>
>> How many elements do you think there are in @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> I have ~100 elements @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Why did you ask this question?

Because when you just said

     my @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 = $KIT_LIST;

you had only one element in @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>      my @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 = split ' ', $KIT_LIST;
> 
> Also with little change, "my @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 = split '  ', $KIT_LIST; ## added
> an extra space to split"
> 
> I am getting the desired output.

The extra space should not make a difference, since split(' ') is a 
special case that splits on all kinds of whitespace.

     perldoc -f split

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