Darryl Ross wrote:
> Hey All,
>
> I have a string that looks like this:
>
> {key1,val1},{key2,val2},{key3,val3},{key4,val4},{key5,val5},...
>
> I'm trying to write a regular expression which can split up that string
> and give me a hash back. There are a few gotchas though:
>
> - The key and/or the value may or may not be inside quotes,
>
> - The key and/or the value may contain a comma (it will be quoted if
> it does),
>
> - There can be a varying number of key/value pairs, including only
> one pair,
>
> - The values may be key/value pairs themselves.
>
> My first attempt was something like: /({[^}]+,[^}]+})+/
>
> But that completely fails at least the last point, if not the others.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas (or pointers to good documentation)?
I'd either use one of the Text::CSV modules or multiple REs to break it
down and split it up and restore the break down.
EG: Change quotes to A and B, change commas between A and B to C, split on
','s and then for each field - restore the A, B and C chars (where A = \001,
B = \002 and C = \003).
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