This is what I have:
|xx-xxx-xxxxx-xxx x/xx|xx-xxxx-xxx-xx-xxxx-xx-xx|
This is what I want:
xx-xxx-xxxxx-xxx,x/xx,xx,xxxx,xxx,xx,xxxx,xx,xx,

To summarize, i want to remove the pipes and replace them with commas except for the first pipe. I then want to replace all dashes with commas ONLY after the first 3 occurrences of dashes that appear from left to right. I know how to use a regular expression to replace all dashes and pipes with commas but I need to keep the first three dashes in tact.

1) How do i change all dashes to commas except the first three?

2) is there a way to do the first question along with removing white spaces, replacing pipes with commas (except first) all in one line?

Thank you in advance!

In reply to REGEX detailed character replace by pjc955

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.