Re^2: Question: Capturing a repeated pattern

[robmderrick]

in reply to Re: Question: Capturing a repeated pattern
in thread Question: Capturing a repeated pattern

A split for that input line alone would work perfectly. But, my input is quite varied, and for this purpose, I only want to match those lines that exactly match my pattern, and not all of the others that split would grab.

[BrowserUk]

You could always match first and then split:

$s = 'somename   1000  0.24  280  2 2576.9  2731.9  12.0  4195.3';;

$s =~ m[\w+(?:\s+(?:\d+\.)?\d+){8}] 
    and @a = split ' ', $s 
    and shift @a 
    and print "@a";;

1000 0.24 280 2 2576.9 2731.9 12.0 4195.3

[rubasov]

Sorry, I've updated the grandparent node before I saw your answer. And of course if the separator part cannot be easily subtracted from your regex then split won't suffice and you will need what kennethk recommended.

[GrandFather]

Please indicate in the node that you have updated it otherwise future readers of the thread will be left somewhat bemused by the disconnect between what is written and the reply it seemingly received.

[rubasov]

For the history:

I haven't deleted or modified anything in that node, only added the "update" section. After that as I've seen the answer and the "disconnection", I've tried to indicate that with my node starting with "Sorry".