Contributed by Adam
on Aug 24, 2000 at 21:09 UTC
Q&A
> regular expressions
Description: my $string = "first-item \"second item\" third-item";
my @items = split /???/, $string;
my $i = 0;
print ++$i, ": $_\n" for @items;
# Would print:
# 1: first-item
# 2: "second item"
# 3: third-item
Answer: How can I split on a string except when inside quotes?
contributed by merlyn use Text::ParseWords | Answer: How can I split on a string except when inside quotes?
contributed by Anonymous Monk This doesn't handle all the subtle things (backslashes, single-quotes, etc) that Text::ParseWords does, but it works for the simple cases, and produces your expected output exactly (quotes intact):
my @items = ($string =~ /(".*?"|\S+)/g); | Answer: How can I split on a string except when inside quotes?
contributed by Coruscate
Late entry: how about something like this:
my $string = 'first-item "second item" ' .
'third-item "fourth item"';
my %items;
push @{$items{
$1 =~ /"/ ? 'quoted' : 'unquoted'
}}, $1 while $string =~ /(".*?"|\S+)/g;
print 'Quoted: ',
join(', ', @{$items{'quoted'}}),
"\n";
print 'Unquoted: ',
join(', ', @{$items{'unquoted'}}),
"\n";
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