Thanks in advance for your assistance!

I would like to convert a string containing number ranges to an array. Here is an example string:

$string = "1,5,7..10,15,17..19,22";

I would like to convert $string to an @array that would have the following keys and values:

(key -> value)
0 -> 1
1 -> 5
2 -> 7
3 -> 8
4 -> 9
5 -> 10
6 -> 15
7 -> 17
8 -> 18
9 -> 19
10 -> 22

Normally, I would go with the split() function and separate on the commas, but I cannot figure out how to get the ranges to fill in the array properly.

Many thanks!

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