Parsing strings and obeying quotes

[Mia]

Hi All,

I'm trying to parse a string into an array of words or phrases,
something like:

my $string = "abc def ghi";
my @words = split(/ /,$string);

....but I also want to handle the case where there are quoted phrases
within the string, i.e.:

my $string = 'abc "def ghi"';
or
my $string = "abc 'def ghi'";

I want to preserve the quoted phrase as one element. Such a simple
thing, one would think, but I've not found a technique yet.

Anyone have a hint for me?

-Mia

 

[A. Sinan Unur]

I'm trying to parse a string into an array of words or phrases,
something like:

my $string = "abc def ghi";
my @words = split(/ /,$string);

...but I also want to handle the case where there are quoted phrases
within the string, i.e.:

my $string = 'abc "def ghi"';
or
my $string = "abc 'def ghi'";

I want to preserve the quoted phrase as one element. Such a simple
thing, one would think, but I've not found a technique yet.

Anyone have a hint for me?

You should read the Perl FAQ before posting your question:

perldoc -q inside

Sinan

 

[J. Gleixner]

Hi All,

I'm trying to parse a string into an array of words or phrases,
something like:

my $string = "abc def ghi";
my @words = split(/ /,$string);

...but I also want to handle the case where there are quoted phrases
within the string, i.e.:

my $string = 'abc "def ghi"';
or
my $string = "abc 'def ghi'";

I want to preserve the quoted phrase as one element. Such a simple
thing, one would think, but I've not found a technique yet.

Anyone have a hint for me?

perldoc -q delimited

 

[Brian Wakem]

You should read the Perl FAQ before posting your question:

perldoc -q inside

In addition to this FAQ entry, I have had success with Damian Conway's
Text::Balanced for stuff similar to this.

http://search.cpan.org/~dconway/Text-Balanced-1.98/lib/Text/Balanced.pm

 

[Dr.Ruud]

Mia schreef:

I'm trying to parse a string into an array of words or phrases,
something like:

my $string = "abc def ghi";
my @words = split(/ /,$string);

...but I also want to handle the case where there are quoted phrases
within the string, i.e.:

my $string = 'abc "def ghi"';
or
my $string = "abc 'def ghi'";

I want to preserve the quoted phrase as one element. Such a simple
thing, one would think, but I've not found a technique yet.

Anyone have a hint for me?

Think up complexer strings.

"Dungit," he said, "I left my "o'lang syne" at the baker's."