i bet there's way of doing this on one line: my $a = '"one two" three "four five six" seven eight nine';
my @ar = ($a =~ /((?:\"[^\"]*\"|[^\s]*))\s?/g); #should be possible to remove " s/\"//g foreach (@ar); print "$_\n" foreach (@ar); /Jon Pete Emerson wrote: > > I'd appreciate it if someone could help me wrap my brain around this one. > I've got a string like this: > $string='"one two" three "four five six"'; > > I'd like to wind up with an array like this: > one two > three > four five six > > Essentially, I would like to split up the string on spaces, but ignore spaces that >are > inside pairs of quotes. So: > $string='"one two" three "four five" six "seven eight nine"'; > should wind up as: > one two > three > four five > six > seven eight nine > > I've tried using a regular expression to replace "one two" with "one_two" and > "one two three" with "one_two_three", thinking that then I could split on spaces > and then strip out the _, but I didn't have any luck with that, either. Any pointers > would be greatly appreciated. > > Pete > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
