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in reply to "Use of uninitialized value" due to empty elements in an array

Tell split not to remove empty trailing fields. 
my @line_split = split(/\t/, $line, -1);

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And if you want, you can check if you got enough fields 
if (@line_split != 3) {
   die("Not enough fields in line $.\n");
}

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Re^2: "Use of uninitialized value" due to empty elements in an array
by michaelp (Initiate) on Mar 31, 2010 at 17:28 UTC
    Thanks for all the help!
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