Re: Another question about the split function

[FunkyMonk]

If you're having a problem with split, the official documentation is the first place to look. You can access it...

• from the command line by typing perldoc -f split (*nix and Windows)
• in HTML (ActivePerl on Windows) via start-->Programs-->ActivePerl-->Documentation
• by typing doc://split into the PerlMonks search box
• by Googling for perldoc split.

Any of the links I've posted will also take you there.

Anyway, split says (with my emphasis)...

If EXPR is omitted, splits the $_ string. If PATTERN is also omitted, splits on whitespace (after skipping any leading whitespace)

and ...

As a special case, specifying a PATTERN of space (' ' ) will split on white space just as split with no arguments does

So, all you need to do is

my @statusLineFields = split(' ', $statusLine);

[pfaut]

If EXPR is omitted, splits the $_ string. If PATTERN is also omitted, splits on whitespace (after skipping any leading whitespace)

As a special case, specifying a PATTERN of space (' ' ) will split on white space just as split with no arguments does

Those little factoids escaped me. I suppose it's time to start reading 'Programming Perl' for the third (or is it fourth?) time. No matter how many times I read it I always pick up something new