#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use Test::More; my @tests = ( [ '1-2-3-4' => [1,2,3,4] ], [ '1--2-3-4' => [1,-2,3,4] ], [ '-1-2-3-4' => [-1,2,3,4] ], [ '1-2-3--4' => [1,2,3,-4] ], [ '-1--2--3--4' => [-1,-2,-3,-4] ], [ '15--20-25--30' => [15,-20,25,-30] ], ); foreach my $test (@tests) { my ($raw, $want) = @$test; my @got = split /(?<=\d)-/, $raw; local $" = ', '; is_deeply \@got, $want, "'$raw' => [@$want]"; } done_testing();