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: What will be the size of the @fields array? my $record = ':a:b:c:'; my @fields = split(':', $record, -1);

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Explanation

In Perl, split with a negative limit parameter preserves all trailing empty fields. The string has a colon at the beginning and the end, creating empty fields at both boundaries. Splitting ':a:b:c:' yields five elements: empty, 'a', 'b', 'c', and empty.

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