"Peter Cornelius" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> @val = m/".*?",?/g; # m//g in list context returns all matches
> # list gets all matches of things that begin with a double quote
> # followed by any character zero or more times matching the
> # minimal amount before
To get the output you want from the input you listed, you probably don't
want to use split(). Take a look at the m// construct.
use strict; #Always use strict and warnings
use warnings;
my @val; #declare myself an array.
while () { # DATA is a special file handle that reads from t
"Jonathan e. paton" wrote:
>
> Jean-Louis wrote:
> >
> > Now, how can I explode the line. I'd like:
> > $val[0]="a", $val[1]="bcd, efg, h", $val[2]="c" (or
> > equivalent).
>
> C4 or TNT?
Or if you are a DIY kind of guy just mix together some potassium
nitrate, sulfer, and charcoal.
:-)
John
> > I cannot figure out how to use split when the delimiter
> > is the double quote.
>
> @var = split /\"/, $line;
I am of course wrong, you need something more akin to:
@var = split /\".*?\"/, $line;
but as Michael says this isn't the best way to solve the
problem... unless you are looking fo
To: "Jean-Louis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help on how to split a string
References: <003701c1909a$e125aab0$74d2fea9@JEANLOUIS>
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"Jean-Louis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I found that $l=readline($filehandle) gives me t
> I'm just starting Perl, since... a few hours ago...
You'll be interested in:
www.perl.com
www.perl.org
www.perldoc.com
>
> I have a text files to analyze. Each line looks like :
> "a", "bcd, efg, h", "c"
>
> I found that $l=readline($filehandle) gives me the
> content of the current line.
