Re^2: Why does split on /./ not split the string?

split returns only the string segments between, but not including the matching chars.

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Uhm, then what does this do?

my @list = split /([\W]+)/, 'one;two--three!!!';
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Updated: Corrected '+' typo.

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-QM
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Re^3: Why does split on /./ not split the string? by parv (Parson) on Dec 08, 2005 at 01:02 UTC
Your pattern to split has capturing parentheses, which returns fields along w/ the delimiters; see `perldoc -f split`. Also, that `[+]` (mind you `+` here is just a plain plus sign) is useless as the string to be split lacks one. Try this ... Read more... (631 Bytes)	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Why does split on /./ not split the string? by QM (Parson) on Dec 08, 2005 at 04:39 UTC
I was trying to nitpick, but failed somewhat. The point is that `split`'s behavior (wrt/ the OP) depends on the presence of capturing parens and the DWIMmery of `split`. -QM -- Quantum Mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of	[reply] [d/l] [select]