Re^2: Modifying text file

the problem I am having is say I have entry as -9.10 it will split it as -9,10 so it breaks one entity into two , but I want it to be a ......,-9.10,..... . so can you please help out

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Re^3: Modifying text file by Anonymous Monk on Jun 06, 2013 at 10:00 UTC
So replace \w+ with something to match numbers (see perlfaq6) better idea is to learn to use Text::CSV or App::CCSV	[reply]
Re^4: Modifying text file by Anonymous Monk on Jun 06, 2013 at 10:04 UTC
:) or perlfaq4 How do I determine whether a scalar is a number/whole/integer/float?	[reply]