Re: Regex problem

Using a regex rather than split,

my @values = $line =~ m{(\d+(?:\.\d*)?)(?=\s*,|\z)}g;
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seems to do the right thing.

I hope this is of use.

Cheers,

JohnGG

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Re^2: Regex problem by halley (Prior) on May 10, 2007 at 17:09 UTC
The `m//g` operator, and the `split()` function, are opposite sides of the same coin. If it's easier to describe the things you want to keep, use a match. If it's easier to describe the things you want to discard, use a split. `m{(\d+(?:\.\d)?)(?=\s,\|\z)}g` [download] `split /,/` [download] Which seems easier to write, read, and maintain? -- `[ e d @ h a l l e y . c c ]`	[reply] [d/l] [select]