> I tried to do this with split(), but it's not working good at all.... > > The string: > interface=something very long with spaces and all > mac-address=00:02:6F:36:2D:31 ap=no wds=no rx-rate=11Mbps tx-rate=11Mbps > packets=12623,18377 bytes=10829240,2009327 frames=12623,18377 > (the above is one line, wrapped for email). > > I need to grab the values for all the options....
#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my $data = 'your=data goes=here'; my %opts = (); $opts{$1} = $2 while $data =~ /([^= ]+)=([^=]+)(?= [\w-]+=)/g; print Dumper(\%opts); -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>