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in reply to (Golf!) Re^2: better way to convert a string into an array and an hash
in thread better way to convert a string into an array and an hash

I'm not a golfer, but...

tr/:/,/;%h=eval;@a=keys%h;

Update

y/:/,/;%h=eval;@a=keys%h;

Update 2

If the ordering of @a is important, how about

@a=/(\d+):/g;y/:/,/;%h=eval;

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Re^4: better way to convert a string into an array and an hash
by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Oct 05, 2004 at 17:04 UTC
    This doesn't preserve the order of the keys. That's a problem.

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