Re^3: Possible to use "split", but save the delimiter?

This what you're after?

$s = qq|1-10,20 some.thing [[else]],bla bla bla|;;
print "'$_'" for split /([-, .]|\[\[|\]\])/, $s;;
'1'
'-'
'10'
','
'20'
' '
'some'
'.'
'thing'
' '
''
'[['
'else'
']]'
''
','
'bla'
' '
'bla'
' '
'bla'
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Re^4: Possible to use "split", but save the delimiter? by ultranerds (Hermit) on Feb 10, 2010 at 17:38 UTC
Thanks - works a charm <G>	[reply]