Re: comparing kit names

On May 7, 4:55 am, [email protected] (Gunnar Hjalmarsson) wrote:
> perl_learner wrote:
> > On May 6, 10:08 am, [email protected] (Gunnar Hjalmarsson) wrote:
> >> perl_learner wrote:
>
> >>> my @kits = $KIT_LIST;
>
> >> How many elements do you think there are in @kits?
>
> > I have ~100 elements @kits. Why did you ask this question?
>
> Because when you just said
>
>      my @kits = $KIT_LIST;
>
> you had only one element in @kits.
>
> >>      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.
>
>      perldoc -f split
>
> --
> Gunnar Hjalmarsson
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> >>      my @kits = split '  ', $KIT_LIST;

The extra space had make a difference.....
Without extra space I was getting:

a a a . t . z a a a _ d . t . z b b b . t . z b b b _ d . t . z c c
c . t . z c c c _ d . t . z d d d . t . z e e e . t . z

With extra space I get the correct output: aaa.t.z aaa_d.t.z bbb.t.z
bbb_d.t.z ccc.t.z ccc_d.t.z ddd.t.z eee.t.z

Thanks!