Re: [ID 20000424.006] split() returning incorrect number of fields

On Apr 24, Adam Moskowitz said:

>In the following program, I contend that split() should return the same
>number of fields in both cases:
>
>	my $str1 = "aaa:bbb:ccc:ddd:eee";
>	my $str2 = "aaa:bbb:ccc:ddd:";
>	@w = split(/:/, $str1);
>	@w = split(/:/, $str2);

>It doesn't. I'm pretty sure that this is neither the correct nor
>expected behavior.

  split /PATTERN/,EXPR,LIMIT

  split /PATTERN/,EXPR

  split /PATTERN/

  split

  Splits a string into an array of strings, and returns it.  By default,
  empty leading fields are preserved, and empty trailing ones are deleted.
                                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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• [ID 20000424.006] split() returning incorrect number of fields by Adam Moskowitz
• Re: [ID 20000424.006] split() returning incorrect number of fields by Ronald J Kimball
• Re: [ID 20000424.006] split() returning incorrect number of fields by Jeff Pinyan