note Aragorn <code>'\n'</code> will also work: <code> #!/usr/bin/perl my $string = "Bla\nBlo\nBloe"; print join("|", split('\n', $string)); </code> This works, and the reason becomes clear when you run it through B::Deparse: <code> $ perl -MO=Deparse split.pl my $string = "Bla\nBlo\nBloe"; print join('|', split(/\n/, $string, 0)); split.pl syntax OK </code> <p/> Arjen 419920 419924