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in reply to Split at specific spaces

Another way returning the split parts only: 
perl -E 'say for split /\S+\s+\S+\s+\S+\K\s+/, "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9"'

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Or written shorter: 
perl -E 'say for split /(?:\S+\K\s+){3}/, "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9"'

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Re^2: Split at specific spaces
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on May 11, 2010 at 08:36 UTC
    perl -E 'say for split /\S+\s+\S+\s+\S+\K\s+/, "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9"'

    Neat!++ It never crossed my mind that /K would work with split.

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Re^2: Split at specific spaces
by RedElk (Hermit) on May 11, 2010 at 14:53 UTC

    As a newbie I'm reading and deciphering your response. My reference material doesn't seem to mention "K" anywhere. Can you (or anyone) enlighten me?

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