Re: split delimiters

Since ( and [ are special characters in regular expressions, you have to escape them:

split /\(/, 'some(odd(string';
split /\[/, 'next[odd[string';
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Re: Re: split delimiters by Daddio (Chaplain) on Mar 27, 2001 at 04:14 UTC
Or, just in case both of these delimiters should be used for one split... `split /[\[\(]/, 'some(next[really(really(odd[string';`	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Re: split delimiters by busunsl (Vicar) on Mar 27, 2001 at 10:51 UTC
Well, in that case you don't have to escape them, because they are in sqare brackets: `split /[([]/, 'some(wierd[string';` [download]	[reply] [d/l]