The split() function returns a list created by
using a pattern as a delimiter to break a target string into sub-strings
$myString = "This is a test";
@myList = split( /\s+/, $myString );
# $myList[0] is now "This"
# $myList[1] is now "is"
# $myList[2] is now "a"
# $myList[3] is now "test"
