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#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; ... Regex => '($a=$1, $b=$2, $c=$3, $d=$4) if $myvar =~ /^([^,]+),([ +^,]+),([^,]+),([^,]+)$/', Split => '@results = split /,/, $myvar' });
Benchmark: timing 1000000 iterations of Regex, Split... Regex: 27 wallclock secs (28.06 usr + 0.00 sys = 28.06 CPU) Split: 16 wallclock secs (16.19 usr + 0.00 sys = 16.19 CPU)