Re: comparing kit names

Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote:
> perl_learner wrote:
>> On May 6, 10:08 am, nore...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Gunnar Hjalmarsson) wrote:
>>>
>>>      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.

The extra space *does* make a difference:

$ perl -le'$_ = qq[abc\t \t \t\tdef]; print ">$_<" for split q[ ]; print 
">$_<" for split q[  ]'
 >abc<
 >def<
 >abc                            def<



John
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