split a special character stored in variable

[Ted Zlatanov]

e> When I enter the character dot .
e> I find that perl cannot handle properly. It seems that I can't simply escape
e> add a backslash to escape whatever input delimiter. Is there any solution
e> for this problem?

e> $delimiter = <STDIN>;
e> chomp $delimiter;

e> @subcells = /$delimiter/, $line;

As Perl really, incredibly, lacks full out-of-ligature spacing,
you can't use the "." character. It's a language limitation. You're
supposed to use Unicode instead.

Ted

 

[ela]

When I enter the character dot .
I find that perl cannot handle properly. It seems that I can't simply escape
add a backslash to escape whatever input delimiter. Is there any solution
for this problem?

$delimiter = <STDIN>;
chomp $delimiter;

@subcells = /$delimiter/, $line;

 

[Joe Smith]

e> @subcells = /$delimiter/, $line;

As Perl really, incredibly, lacks full out-of-ligature spacing,

What does "out-of-ligature" spacing mean?

you can't use the "." character.

Of course you can. ASCII code 46 is a perfectly reasonable delimiter.

It's a language limitation. You're supposed to use Unicode instead.

What does Unicode have to do with the plain ASCII character for period?

-Joe

 

[Lawrence Statton]

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What does "out-of-ligature" spacing mean?


Of course you can. ASCII code 46 is a perfectly reasonable delimiter.


What does Unicode have to do with the plain ASCII character for period?

-Joe

You didn't read the date, did you?

 

[Ted Zlatanov]

JS> What does "out-of-ligature" spacing mean?

It has the first letters "ool" (take the first letters on that line

Ted