Re^4: Is there any regex limitation?

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Re^5: Is there any regex limitation? by Anonymous Monk on Jul 24, 2011 at 18:54 UTC
No. You cannot. Some of the fields contain embedded commas. I know, I didn't say its possible using `/,/`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^6: Is there any regex limitation? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jul 24, 2011 at 21:47 UTC
You said: Actually yes you can. Using split... I defy you to correctly parse the OPs two sample records using split only. And if you can't, which you won't, then you were talking shite.	[reply]
Re^7: Is there any regex limitation? by Anonymous Monk on Jul 25, 2011 at 01:36 UTC
You said: Actually yes you can. Using split... I defy you to correctly parse the OPs two sample records using split only. And if you can't, which you won't, then you were talking shite. Text::xSV is implemented using regex as is Text::CSV_PP. split takes regex; so you're only one doing that.	[reply]
Re^8: Is there any regex limitation? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jul 25, 2011 at 06:16 UTC
Re^6: Is there any regex limitation? by Jim (Curate) on Jul 24, 2011 at 18:58 UTC
I know, I didn't say its possible using /,/ Yes you did. That's precisely what you suggested and demonstrated doing in your reply to benlaw.	[reply]
Re^7: Is there any regex limitation? by Anonymous Monk on Jul 24, 2011 at 20:44 UTC
I know, I didn't say its possible using /,/ Yes you did. That's precisely what you suggested and demonstrated doing in your reply to benlaw. Except I did not. I know its a slow day, but that is no reason to ~~invent~~infer claims neither stated nor implied.	[reply]
Re^8: Is there any regex limitation? by Jim (Curate) on Jul 24, 2011 at 21:41 UTC
Re^9: Is there any regex limitation? by Anonymous Monk on Jul 25, 2011 at 01:33 UTC