On Sep 26, John W. Krahn said:
>Shaun Bramley wrote:
>>
>> I have data that for some god foresaken reason is using two or three methods
>> of delimitting names. Some are delimitted using '//' others with ';'.
>>
>> I have tried using @names = split( /(;)|(\/\/)/, $authors[$x]); however
>> this doesn't have the intended result.
>
>The parentheses are capturing and including the delimiters in the
>output. Use non-capturing parentheses.
>
>@names = split m!(?:;|//)!, $authors[$x];
Or none at all:
@names = split m{;|//}, $authors[$x];
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