Re^2: Complex Splitting

I don't think it's a lot trickier. This oughta do it:

@array = grep defined, split /(\[.*?\])|/;
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That is, if you split on a bracketed group, capture it. If you don't have a bracketed group, split on nothing. Then filter out where the capture didn't match.

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Re^3: Complex Splitting by johngg (Canon) on Feb 06, 2007 at 18:29 UTC
Yes, I regretted the word "lot" as soon as I'd posted, made it sound as if I'd sweated blood writing it. Although I like the simpler approach of your solution there is one problem with it; it doesn't get rid of the square brackets, which was required by the OP. Cheers, JohnGG	[reply]
Re^4: Complex Splitting by Roy Johnson (Monsignor) on Feb 07, 2007 at 01:46 UTC
Hasty reading on my part. Not capturing the brackets is as simple as leaving them outside the capturing parentheses: `@array = grep defined, split /\[(.?)\]\|/;` [download] Caution:* Contents may have been coded under pressure.	[reply] [d/l]