Re: Convert string to data structure (split)

my $str = "1. ...... AB_CD 1.1 ...... EF_GH 1.2 .... IJ_KL_MN 2. .....
+....... OPQR";
my( undef, %chap ) = split /\s*(\d+\.\d*)\s*\.+\s*/, $str;
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Works.

- tye

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Re^2: Convert string to data structure (split) by Athanasius (Archbishop) on Sep 21, 2012 at 16:03 UTC
tye, I think you need to change: `split/\s+(\d+ ... # ^` [download] to `split/\s(\d+ ... # ^` [download] otherwise it fails to capture `'1.' => 'AB_CD'`. Athanasius <°(((>< contra mundum*	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Convert string to data structure (split) by tye (Sage) on Sep 21, 2012 at 16:06 UTC
I did. Three times. Not sure how it still ended up not submitted that way. Thanks for pointing it out. :) - tye	[reply]