Re^2: Split a string based on change of character

by Anonymous Monk

on Jul 28, 2007 at 08:37 UTC ( #629268=note: print w/ replies, xml )

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<Zoffix> eval: $_='zyxxaabbbcccccc'; push @a, $1 while s/((.)\2*)//;[@
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<_ZofBot> Zoffix:  ['z','y','xx','aa','bbb','cccccc']
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Re^3: Split a string based on change of character by Anonymous Monk on Jul 28, 2007 at 08:43 UTC
Or even: $_='zyxxaabbbcccccc'; push @a, $1 while /((.)\2*)/g; Which doesn't destroy original data.	[reply]

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