Octavian Rasnita wrote at Thu, 05 Sep 2002 20:09:58 +0200: > I want to split a string but it is a little too complicated for me. > If it is too complicated, don't give me an answer but just a little hint to > the right direction. > > I have a string like the following example (used to search in a search > engine): > > "perl editor" free "blind accessible" > > I would like to split this string in such a way, so I would have 3 strings: > > perl editor > free > blind accessible > > In the string I could have no sub strings included in "" or more than 2 like > in my example.
my $string = q{"perl editor" free "blind accessible"}; print join "\n", grep defined, ($string =~ /"(.*?)"|(\w+)/g); [untested as it isn't a CGI question :-)] Greetings, Janek -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]