> 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,

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Here's a slightly different approach to the problem. Note that the treatment of the space is different in the example and the specification.

Since all the exceptions are at the beginning of the string, we can handle the removal of the leading pipe and then sequester the first part of the string. The remainder can be handled with the "tr" command.

Advantages of this approach: 

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;

my $string = '|xx-xxx-xxxxx-xxx x/xx|xx-xxxx-xxx-xx-xxxx-xx-xx|';
print "$string\n";

# remove pipe, protect everything before the space
$string =~ s{^[|](\S+)}{};
my $result = $1;

# translate pipes, spaces, and hyphens to commas
$string =~ tr[| -][,];
$result .= $string;

print "$result\n";

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

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