What I mean is, if you were to use a regex as opposed to using
split(), how would you have written:
if (/.*simscan~\[\d+\]~([\w|\s]+).*?~(\d+\.\d+)s~.*?~(.*?)~(.*?)~(.*)/) {
...to do the task I originally requested help with?
Aside from removing .* at the beginning and removing '|' from the
character class the other parts should work as desired.
Indeed, it certainly does. I now understand why the .* at the beginning
is redundant and furthermore causes undue overhead.
I also have a better understanding of how a character class works.
That said, I think I'll stick to my tried and true method of using split :)
Thanks,
Steve
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