$VAR1 = 'one';
$VAR2 = '"two';
$VAR3 = 'three"';
$VAR4 = ' four five ';
$VAR5 = '"six';
$VAR6 = 'seven';
$VAR7 = 'eight"';
$VAR8 = 'nine';
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Yeah, greedy quantifiers bite again. :-(

my @list=$str=~/((?<=")[^"]*?(?=")|\S+)/g
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Shouldn't that do the trick though? (BTW, im trying to get Perl installed on this box.. I may update once I do)



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demerphq



First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
-- Gandhi

These are the results of the Belgian Jury:

$VAR1 = 'one';
$VAR2 = '"two';
$VAR3 = 'three"';
$VAR4 = ' four five ';
$VAR5 = '"six';
$VAR6 = 'seven';
$VAR7 = 'eight"';
$VAR8 = 'nine';
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It seems your regex is missing the first " and then is off by 1 for all the others.

Sorry about the bad "Eurovision Song Contest" joke

CountZero

"If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler." - Conway's Law