All,

I'm a little stumped. I have the following string: 

my $str = "CONFIGURATION,Validate C++ CLI Common Syntax (-h, -m, -np, 
+-p, -t, -q, -v, -ncr, CMD) via ndu -status on CX700,test-dvlp,yes"

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And I want to split on the comma but I don't want to split on the comma if there is a space(s) after it. So, basically, I want the elements in my array to be:

element 0: CONFIGURATION
element 1: Validate C++ CLI Common Syntax (-h, -m, -np, -p, -t, -q, -v, -ncr, CMD) via ndu -status on CX700
element 2: test-dvlp
element 3: yes

Is there some way of combining a regexp with the split command ?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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