On Thursday 08 March 2001 18:43, you wrote:
> I am attempting to take a line of text (a list) that has been entered
> into a form and split it into the appropriate parts, placing them into
> an array. I am splitting the input on commas, semi-colons, and spaces.
>
> Problem 1: Is with "white space". If the input has spaces after a
> comma, it splits on the comma, but enters each "space" as a separate
> element of the array.
>
> Problem 2: Is with "white space" also. If the input has just spaces
> between the appropriate parts, then it will split on the first "space",
> but enter the rest of the "spaces" as separate elements of the array.
>
> Here my code:
> $course_list = preg_split("/[\,\;\s*]/", $input_list);
You can't put the asterisk in the character class - it's taken as literal
asterisk in there.
try preg_split("/([\,\;]\s*)|(\s+)/", $input_list);
i.e. "either (',' or ';' eventually followed by spaces) or (at least one
space)"
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