Problem with split function

[David Morel]

Hi all,

I am having a problem with the split function.
Here is my code:

$_ = "123 a 456 b 789 c";
my @words = split /[^a-z]+/, $_;
print $words[0], $words[1], $words[2];

I want the output to be: abc
However, the actual output of this code is: ab
($words[0] is equal to "" not "a").

What am I doing wrong? Why isn't the output abc?

 

[Ted Zlatanov]

I am having a problem with the split function.
Here is my code:

$_ = "123 a 456 b 789 c";
my @words = split /[^a-z]+/, $_;
print $words[0], $words[1], $words[2];

I want the output to be: abc
However, the actual output of this code is: ab
($words[0] is equal to "" not "a").

What am I doing wrong? Why isn't the output abc?

See "perldoc -f split" - you have an empty leading field which went
into $words[0], and 'c' is in $words[3].

Ted