Re: Complex Splitting


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Re: Complex Splitting

by tcf03 (Deacon)

on Feb 06, 2007 at 14:03 UTC ( #598542=note: print w/replies, xml )

Need Help??

in reply to Complex Splitting

This should do the trick - Its only tested on your string though...

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

my $string = "ABC[GHI]XYZ";
my @array;

splitstring($string);

push @array, split//, $string;

print "$_ " for sort @array;

sub splitstring
{
    return unless ( $string =~ /.*\[\w+\].*/ );
    if ( $string =~ /.*(\[(\w+)\]).*/ )
    {
        my $remove = $1;
        my $str    = $2;
        print "rem = $remove\n str = $str\n";
        push @array, $str;
        $string =~ s/\Q$remove\E//;
    }
    splitstring($string);
}
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UPDATE
I substututed the string with [987]ABC[GHI]XYZ[dfg] and that works as well.

regards

Ted
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