>>>>> ""Bill" == "Bill Stennett <- compuserve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> writes:
"Bill> Hi All, "Bill> I have a string formatted like this:
"Bill> my $mystring =
'var1=123::var2=abc456::var3=10.99::var4=def';
"Bill> What I need to do is to be able to extract name=value. I
cannot be sure "Bill> where in the list a any value will occur so
to extract a value for 'var2' "Bill> from the above example would
require matching either:
"Bill> '::var2=abc456::'
"Bill> or "Bill> 'var2=abc456::'
"Bill> or "Bill> '::var2=abc456'
Do it in stages -- first split the string into pieces on the ::, using
"split". Then split each piece on the =.
--
A hacker would consider being asked to write
add x to y giving z
instead of
z = x+y
as something between an insult to his intelligence and a sin against God.
-- Paul Graham (http://paulgraham.com/popular.html)
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