hi, $name_with_id looks like a comma separated list you can simply *not tested*:
($name,$id) = split (/,/, $name_with_id)
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franck
Sara wrote:
An input string like;
$name_with_id = "Deiley, Sara Jr., 1234";
another example could be
$name_with_id = "DEILEY SARA, Jr,. 123";
Two things are for sure in it always.
1- First part contains the alphabets (caps or small) with any number of commas and periods (full stops) in between or at the end.
and then always a white space, followed by:
2- the last part contains the digit/number which could be 2 - 5 digits long.
What I am trying to do is to split this string in two parts first part with alphatbets and second part with digits separately
and assign them to two new variables i.e $name and $id.
I am trying this;
$name_with_id = "Deiley, Sara Jr., 1234";
split (/[^\d]+/, $name_with_id) = ($name,$id);
print "name: $name and ID: $id";
Error: Can't modify split in scalar assignment at line 3;
Any help or alternative way to do this.
Thanks,
Sara.
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