Re: comparing kit names

John W. Krahn wrote:
> Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote:
>> perl_learner wrote:
>>> On May 6, 10:08 am, [email protected] (Gunnar Hjalmarsson) wrote:
>>>>
>>>>      my @kits = split ' ', $KIT_LIST;
>>>
>>> Also with little change, "my @kits = 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<

Ouch! I should have tested before saying that...

But then it's hard to understand that the OP gets the desired output 
with the extra space.

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