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Old 02-17-2011
Split using two delimiters

I'm trying to do a split using two delimiters. The first delimiter is ": " (or we could call it :\s). The second is "\n".

How can or these delimiters so I can toss the values into an array without issue?

I tried @array = split /:\s|\n/, $myvar;

This doesn't seem to be working.

Any an all responses will be greatly appreciated.
# 2  
Old 02-17-2011
Post your sample data and desired array contents. Maybe there is simpler way to achieve that.
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Old 02-17-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by bartus11
Post your sample data and desired array contents. Maybe there is simpler way to achieve that.
Some Value : Some Value
Another Value : Another Value
Etc. : Etc.
# 4  
Old 02-17-2011
Try:
Code:
$myvar=~s/ : /:/g;
@array=split /[:\n]/, $myvar;

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