So, this is yet another string parsing question that has probably been asked before, but I am so far unable to find a solution.

I have a string that looks like the following:

"name1=value1 name2=' value2=0' name3=value3"

I need a loop that will break each pair into two scalars, $name and $value, and process them. The killer for me is the "name2=' value2'" pair. I need that leading space for value2 to be included into $value.

So far I am ending up with $name set to "name2" and $value set to "'" during one iteration of the loop, and $name set to "vlaue2" and $value set to "0'" during the next iteration. What I am expecting is $name set to "name2" and $value set to " value2=0" during one iteration.

I assume that a regular expression can be written for this, but my perlre is pretty thin right now. Any help will be greatly appreciated!

-Mark

In reply to parse string containing space by mtovey

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