in reply to Re^4: Need help parsing ambiguously formatted data
in thread Need help parsing ambiguously formatted data

!%#!#@^&^&* stupid metacharacters. ;)

Abra cadabra.....

my @records = map { $_ . ' *' } split /\*/, join '', @messy_array;

...pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

lol. Anyway, this should be a little better.


Dave