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Hello,

How do I split a string using the library function "split" with an asterisk?
I have to tell split break the string when it sees "abc*". I.E.: If I give split
the string "abc def ghi jkl abc* message" I want to get back two parts.
I want "abc def ghi jkl" and "message".

Thank you,
Christopher Lusardi

In article < >,
Christopher M. Lusardi <> wrote:
: How do I split a string using the library function "split" with an asterisk?

Escape it.

:I have to tell split break the string when it sees "abc*". I.E.: If I give split
:the string "abc def ghi jkl abc* message" I want to get back two parts.
:I want "abc def ghi jkl" and "message".

split /abc\*/, $string
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In article <bvevqa$rlg$>,
Walter Roberson <> wrote:
|In article < >,
|Christopher M. Lusardi <> wrote:

|:I have to tell split break the string when it sees "abc*". I.E.: If I give split
|:the string "abc def ghi jkl abc* message" I want to get back two parts.
|:I want "abc def ghi jkl" and "message".

|split /abc\*/, $string

By the way, that split would result in
'abc def ghi jkl ' and ' message' -- notice the trailing and then
leading spaces!

Possibly what you want is

split /\s+abc\*\s+/, $string

but it depends on how you would want to handle
'abc def ghi jklabc* message' or 'abc def ghi jkl abc*message'
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Aleph sub {Aleph sub two} little infinities...

Walter Roberson wrote:
> In article < >,
> Christopher M. Lusardi <> wrote:
> : How do I split a string using the library function "split" with an asterisk?
>
> Escape it.
>
> :I have to tell split break the string when it sees "abc*". I.E.: If I give split
> :the string "abc def ghi jkl abc* message" I want to get back two parts.
> :I want "abc def ghi jkl" and "message".
>
> split /abc\*/, $string

split / abc\* /, $string, otherwise he gets extraneous spaces.

Chris Mattern

In article < >,
says...
> Hello,
>
> How do I split a string using the library function "split" with an asterisk?
> I have to tell split break the string when it sees "abc*". I.E.: If I give split
> the string "abc def ghi jkl abc* message" I want to get back two parts.
> I want "abc def ghi jkl" and "message".
>
> Thank you,
> Christopher Lusardi
>

my ( @fields , $string );

$string = "abc def ghi jkl abc* message";
@fields = split(/\*/,$string);

# see the command "perldoc -f split" for further details

On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 16:13:43 -0800, Christopher M. Lusardi wrote:

> How do I split a string using the library function "split" with an asterisk?
> I have to tell split break the string when it sees "abc*". I.E.: If I give split
> the string "abc def ghi jkl abc* message" I want to get back two parts.
> I want "abc def ghi jkl" and "message".

After reading some of the responses and re-reading this post again, I have
to ask ....

What *exactly* are you trying to do? It almost seems like an XY problem.
I say this becasue the last line your your post almost reads like ... you
want to parse a log file ("date ... message" versus "abc efg ... message"
- they *look* similar).

If you're trying to parse a *NIX log file, you could use a module to do
this and make life easier for yourself. Or, you could use 'unpack', which
may work better for you instead of 'split'.

HTH

--
Jim

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for more information.

a fortune quote ...
Peace, n.: In international affairs, a period of cheating
<between two periods of fighting. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The
Devil's Dictionary"

Here's my entry:

split /\s*abc\*\s*/

(string in $_)