perl split whitespace Feb 26, 2009 • {"display_name"=>"Marcus Puchalla", "login"=>"admin", "email"=>"cb0@0xcb0.com", "url"=>""} $text=" a b c d e"; @list=split(/ /,$text); results in (,,a,b,c,d,,e,) @list=split ' ',$text; results in (a,b,c,d,e,)