Re: problem with splitting file on whitespace: how to circumvent inconsistent formatting through file

This should work:

print join "\t", split ' *(?=[^0-9,])', '15,567 -25,324-45,234';;
15,567  -25,324 -45,234
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As a one-liner:

perl -nle"print join qq[\t], split ' *(?=[^0-9,])'" < bad.file > good.
+file
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Don't forget to swap 's and "s if you're on *nix.

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Re^2: problem with splitting file on whitespace: how to circumvent inconsistent formatting through file by angela2 (Sexton) on Jul 04, 2016 at 14:02 UTC
I don't know how I managed to get it wrong but after an hour of trying I made them both work :) Thank you very much!	[reply]