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in thread split on the pattern of '),('

my $string = "(foo),(bar),(baz)";
my @parts  = split m{ [)] [,] [(] }x, $string;
print "GOT: $_\n" for @parts;

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Instead of m{ [)] [,] [(] }x you could use m{ \) , \( }x ... whichever you think is most readable. Either way, try to avoid the appearance of a million toothpicks standing on end.

perl -E'sub Monkey::do{say$_,for@_,do{($monkey=[caller(0)]->[3])=~s{::}{ }and$monkey}}"Monkey say"->Monkey::do'

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Re^3: split on the pattern of '),('
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Sep 17, 2012 at 18:17 UTC
    That fails for 
    $str = '(1,"(text),(text)", 123),(2,"(string)", 234),(...)';

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      No it doesn't. The string you give contains "),(" three times, and my regex splits it at all three.

      use Test::More tests => 5;

my $string = '(1,"(text),(text)", 123),(2,"(string)", 234),(...)';
my @parts  = split m{ [)] [,] [(] }x, $string;

# Prove that the split worked properly...

# Firstly, joining the parts back with '),(' recreates the original st
+ring.
my $joined = join '),(', @parts;
is($joined, $string);

# Secondly, none of the individual parts contain '),('
unlike($_, qr{\Q),(\E}) for @parts;

done_testing();

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      perl -E'sub Monkey::do{say$_,for@_,do{($monkey=[caller(0)]->[3])=~s{::}{ }and$monkey}}"Monkey say"->Monkey::do'
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        For the input I gave, the code you gave produced: 

        GOT: (1,"(text
GOT: text)", 123
GOT: 2,"(string)", 234
GOT: ...)

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        But surely, it should produce: 

        GOT: 1,"(text),(text)", 123
GOT: 2,"(string)", 234
GOT: ...

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