in reply to Re^2: Regex Parsing
in thread Regex Parsing

I think you have an excellent solution using split and array access. There is no reason to use a regex when other solutions will work equally well. Often, a regex will be more complicated or more fragile.

Now, there are some parsing problems that are better solved with a regex, but this isn't one of them. And, personally, I only use a regex when I cannot use other solutions.

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Re^4: Regex Parsing
by cog (Parson) on Mar 28, 2005 at 16:28 UTC
    solution using split

    There is no reason to use a regex

    Technically speaking, a split uses a regex O:-)

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