In addition to psini's suggestion of splitting the different semantics in different parts of code, you can also try to keep what you want instead of discarding what you don't want:

# 01:00:00,00:: Col Foo -- Description Scene [Sound=Dolby, Color=y, Li
+nk=y, International=y,Budget=total=3343;tax=11%;cost=44444]
/^(.*? )\[Sound=(\w+), Color=([yn]), Link=([yn]), International=([yn])
+,Budget=\[total=(\d+);tax=([\d.]+);cost=(\d+)\]$/ or die "Invalid lin
+e: >$_<";

print <<OUTPUT;
$1
\tSound\t$2
\tColor\t$3
\tLink\t$4
\tInternational\t$5
\tBudget
\t\tTotal=$6
\t\ttax=$7
\t\tcost=$8
OUTPUT

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If you're using Perl 5.10, I suggest using named captures instead of relying on the numbers to make maintenance more sensible.

In reply to Re: Trying to parse columns with different delimiters. by Corion
in thread Trying to parse columns with different delimiters. by magawake

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