Here's a question for the wise monks... I have this single line string:

key1=val1 key2=val2 key3=val3 key4="val4a val4b" key5="val5key=(0 1 2 3)" key6=(val6a val6b)

I want to parse that into an array so I can have something simple like this:

foreach my $x (@array) {
    print "$x\n";
}

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return the following: 

key1=val1
key2=val2
key3=val3
key4="val4a val4b"
key5="valkey=(0 1 2 3)"
key6=(val6a val6b)

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I've been tearing my hair out, poring over various regex texts, trying various ways to use 'split', anything to figure out how to split this pig up the way I want it. What would the wise monks here suggest?

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