Learn some regex-fu. :)

Alright, well, let's take what you have:

|xx-xxx-xxxxx-xxx x/xx|xx-xxxx-xxx-xx-xxxx-xx-xx|

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Now re-write that in a way that we preserve what you want to keep:

|(xx)-(xxx)-(xxxxx)-(xxx) (x/xx)|(xx)-(xxxx)-(xxx)-(xx)-(xxxx)-(xx)-(x
+x)|

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Make that a bit more flexible:

|(\w{2})-(\w{3})-(\w{5})-(\w{3}) (\w/\w{2})|(\w{2})-(\w{4})-(\w{3})-(\
+w{2})-(\w{4})-(\w{2})-(\w{2})|

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Now you'll match all of the interesting bits, so let's set up the inline replace: 
$mess =~ s/|(\w{2})-(\w{3})-(\w{5})-(\w{3}) (\w\/\w{2})|(\w{2})-(\w{4}
+)-(\w{3})-(\w{2})-(\w{4})-(\w{2})-(\w{2})|/\1,\2,\3,\4\5,\6,\7,\8,\9,
+\10,\11,\12/;

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In reply to Re: REGEX detailed character replace by Anonymous Monk
in thread REGEX detailed character replace by pjc955

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