Date:	Mon, 3 May 1999 13:55:11 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	Daniel <entropic AT mpx DOT com DOT au>
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Subject:	Re: bug in "split"
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On Mon, 3 May 1999, Daniel wrote:

>    after more testing i realised it's my own silly fault.
> i was trying to enter non-integer sizes, eg: 1.1MB.

Yes, the argument must be an integer.  `split' uses `strtol' function to 
convert it to an int, and the conversion stops on the first character 
that isn't a digit.  So `split' never sees the "M" part.

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