Re^3: split function not working as expected

Even if i backslash it i get the same....

my $string = 'osSE5Gu0Vi8WRq93UvkYZCjaOKeNJfTyH6tzDQbxFm4M1ndXIPh27wBA
+ rLclpg| 3 35 27 62 51 27 46 57 26 10 46 63 57 45 15 43 53';

my ( $first, $second ) = split ( "\|", $string );
say "first:", $first;
say "second:", $second;

output:
first:o
second:s
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Re^4: split function not working as expected by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Jul 28, 2015 at 05:08 UTC
`c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -MData::Dump -le "my $s = 'first\|second\|third'; my @ra = split '[\|]', $s; dd \@ra; " ["first", "second", "third"]` [download] Also works with `"[\|]"` and `/[\|]/` Update: The reason `"\\|"` doesn't work is that in double-quote interpolation, the `\` (backslash) acts, in this case, on the `\|` (pipe) to produce a literal pipe. Double-quotish interpolation would need a doubled backslash to yield a single literal backslash in the compiled string: `c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -MData::Dump -le "my $s = qq{\\|}; print qq{:$s:}; ;; my $t = qq{\\\|}; print qq{:$t:}; " :\|: :\\|:` [download] That's why it's generally better to use `qr{pattern}` to compile a regex. (I use `qq{...}` in the example because Windows command line uses "..." to quote everything and `qq{...}` reduces the need for backslashes.) Contrast with `'\\|'` and `'\\\|'` Please see Quote and Quote-like Operators and Quote-Like Operators. Give a man a fish: `<%-(-(-(-<`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: split function not working as expected by derby (Abbot) on Jul 28, 2015 at 11:43 UTC
Right ... as I said, if you want to use quotes instead of a regex pattern, use single quotes. Double quotes cause interpolation to happen which you don't want here. -derby	[reply]


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