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makals
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Dec 31, 2010, 5:00 AM

Post #1 of 4 (1680 views)

question about split	Can't Post

hello

i have this script :

#!/usr/bin/perl

# summary.plx

use warnings;

use strict;

$/ = "";

my $counter = 1;

while (<>) {

print $counter++, ":";

print ((split /\n/, $_)[0]);

print "\n";

}

-------------

can someone exlpain these two lines:

print ((split /\n/, $_)[0]);

print "\n";

and forwhat is the 0

FishMonger
Veteran

Dec 31, 2010, 5:24 AM

Post #2 of 4 (1677 views)

Re: [makals] question about split [In reply to]	Can't Post

The starting point to understand those 2 lines is to read the Perl documentation for the 2 functions in the lines.
http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/print.html
http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/split.html

To answer your question about the 0 in the statement, you need to read up on slices.
http://perldoc.perl.org/perldata.html#Slices

If after reading those docs you still don't understand those lines, then post back with a more refined question based on what you read.

(This post was edited by FishMonger on Dec 31, 2010, 5:25 AM)

makals
Novice

Dec 31, 2010, 6:15 AM

Post #3 of 4 (1672 views)

Re: [FishMonger] question about split [In reply to]	Can't Post

thank you but you know what the problem the english isnt my mother lang so i cant understand an official lang i already have a book about perl so if you would explain it in easy lang .

BillKSmith
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Jan 4, 2011, 4:24 PM

Post #4 of 4 (1616 views)

Re: [makals] question about split [In reply to]	Can't Post

Because INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR ($/) is set, <> reads your entire file into $_. The split function breaks it up into lines. The array slice selects the first of these lines for printing. The second print prints a newline. This is necessary because split removed the original one.
Good Luck,
Bill

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