I don't know about a regex, but Text::CSV_XS can do it:

use strict;
use Text::CSV_XS;
use Data::Dumper;

my $csv = Text::CSV_XS->new({sep_char=>' '});

$csv->parse('one "two three" four five "six seven eight" nine');

my @columns = $csv->fields();

print Dumper(@columns);

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The result is:

$VAR1 = 'one';
$VAR2 = 'two three';
$VAR3 = 'four';
$VAR4 = 'five';
$VAR5 = 'six seven eight';
$VAR6 = 'nine';

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CountZero

"If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler." - Conway's Law

In reply to Re: In need of a stupid regex trick by CountZero
in thread In need of a stupid regex trick by 87C751

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