That's an official FAQ: perlfaq 4: How can I split a [character] delimited string except when inside [character]?

Personally, I'd be inclined to use the dual approach: match the stuff between brackets, or nonspaces.

$_ = 'FDR [62.10060.051-F] [62.10051.381] [this includes spaces!] 0 1 +0'; @parts = /\[.*?\]|[^\[\]\ ]+/g; $\ = "\n"; print for @parts;

Yes it can be that compact. Result:

FDR [62.10060.051-F] [62.10051.381] [this includes spaces!] 0 1 0

A limitation is that you can't easily split on single spaces, thus returning empty strings as a section.


In reply to Re: Split using multiple conditions by bart
in thread Split using multiple conditions by juo

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