split function against a HTML code

greatshots has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

monks,

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

my $string = qq[<th width="200px">KPI</th><th width="100px">Type</th><
+th width="75px">Data Type</th>];
my @result = split('>',$string);
print "Check :",$#result,"\n";
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When I execute the above code I am able get the expected result (i,e) The split with '>' is working as expected. But If I store the below into a file and through file read if I apply the split it is not working as expected.

<th width="200px">KPI</th><th width="100px">Type</th><th width="75px">
+Data Type</th>
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I have no clue what is happening. could any one explain me ?

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