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use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dumper ();
my $name = "SMITH-JONES";
my @temp = split(/(-| )/,$name);
print Data::Dumper::Dumper(\@temp);
$name = "SMITH JONES";
@temp = split(/(-| )/,$name);
print Data::Dumper::Dumper(\@temp);
Output:
$VAR1 = [
'SMITH',
'-',
'JONES'
];
$VAR1 = [
'SMITH',
' ',
'JONES'
];
Seems to work, are you sure you have an actual space on the RHS of the |?
Also, seems like you could be kind to your computer and not save the capture results:
my @temp = split(/(?:-| )/,$name);
Final suggestion is to use the exact same regex in the if as you do in the split.
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