Re^2: Convert stirng to array of hashes

[codeacrobat]

You can also build a parser with TheDamian's Regexp::Grammars. Here is a proof of concept, which you can improve.

use Regexp::Grammars;

my $parser =
  qr{
    (?:
      <[Hash]> ** ( , )
    )
    <token: Hash>
    \{
      <[KV]> ** ( , )
    \}
    <token: KV>
      (?:
        \s*
        <[Key]>
        \s*
        =>
        \s*
        <[Value]>
        \s*
      )
    <token: Key>
    \w*
    <token: Value>
    ' 
      \w*
    '
}x;

use Data::Dumper;
# Match the grammar against some text...
if ("{ foo => 'bar', baz => 'bof' }, {bing => 'go'}" =~ $parser) {
     # If successful, the hash %/ will have the hierarchy of results..
+.
     print Dumper(\%/ );
}

__END__
$VAR1 = {
          '' => '{ foo => \'bar\', baz => \'bof\' }, {bing => \'go\'}'
+,
          'Hash' => [
                      {
                        '' => '{ foo => \'bar\', baz => \'bof\' }',
                        'KV' => [
                                  {
                                    '' => ' foo => \'bar\'',
                                    'Value' => [
                                                 '\'bar\''
                                               ],
                                    'Key' => [
                                               'foo'
                                             ]
                                  },
                                  {
                                    '' => 'baz => \'bof\' ',
                                    'Value' => [
                                                 '\'bof\''
                                               ],
                                    'Key' => [
                                               'baz'
                                             ]
                                  }
                                ]
                      },
                      {
                        '' => '{bing => \'go\'}',
                        'KV' => [
                                  {
                                    '' => 'bing => \'go\'',
                                    'Value' => [
                                                 '\'go\''
                                               ],
                                    'Key' => [
                                               'bing'
                                             ]
                                  }
                                ]
                      }
                    ]
        };