Re: problems splitting string

[mrborisguy]

What I was thinking would be to have a look ahead for a number.

my $string = '1 Cat 2 Dogs 3 Hamsters';
my @animals = split /(?=\d)/, $string;

    -Bryan

[VSarkiss]

That kinda works: it leaves a trailing space on the middle elements (i.e., '1 Cat ' instead of '1 Cat').

Of course, that may be immaterial to the OP -- can't tell.

[mrborisguy]

Yep. Good catch, I noticed that, and was changing it, then I noticed you posted. I tried to update with a solution using map to take off the trailing space, but it seems VSarkiss' solution is similar to mine but more elegant, so just refer down a few posts.

    -Bryan