note lemming <p>From perldoc perlfunc:<br> <i>In scalar context, returns the number of fields found and splits into the "@_" array. Use of split in scalar context is deprecated, however, because it clobbers your subroutine arguments.</i></p> <p>It's preventing you from possibly shooting yourself in the foot.</p> <p>For a better method, use the function length() to count the number of characters in a string.</p> 113425 113425