[ale] Perl Question

[fletch at phydeaux.org (Fletch)]

Check perldoc -f split.  split() in scalar context returns the number
of fields found and puts the split items into @_ (where arguments to
subroutines normally go).  If you really need the number of fields, do
something like:

my @fields = split( $backend_seperator, backendCommand( $query ) );
my $recs = @fields;

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