Re^2: splitting a string on pre-defined tags

[jimpudar]

You beat me to it!

use strict;
use warnings;
use 5.10.0;

my $string="C*ID1*Mac*C release for EA's D*ID1*Spore1 game*D; D*ID1*Sp
+ore 1*D is better than D*ID2*Spore 2 game*D.";

my @fields;

while ($string =~ /([A-Z])\*   # A single capital letter followed by s
+tar
                   ID\d+\*     # String 'ID' followed by a number and 
+a star
                   .*?         # Anything
                   \*\1        # A star followed by the original singl
+e capital letter
                   /gx) {
    push @fields, $&;
}

Jim