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Re: splitting difficult(?) strings [message #28753 is a reply to message #28748]

Tue, 08 January 2002 11:42

Craig Markwardt
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Registered: November 1996

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hradilv.nospam@yahoo.com writes:

> Any ideas on what would be the easiest (best?) way to split strings
> that have the following characteristics? Perhaps best understood by
> looking at examples?
>
> 1)
> buf= '4 5 6'
> strsplit(buf,' ',/extract) yields ['4','5','6'] {good}
...
> Maybe I can summarize: I would like something that will split the
> string by spaces, PROTECTED by "s. ie there may be spaces within the
> "s which should not cause a split.

Using STRSPLIT is like sending a boy to do a man's job. I think there
is no other choice but to hand-code what you want. [ Counter-examples
welcomed. ] It *may* be possible to code it into a regular
expression, but I'm not sure how to handle the "quotes-optional"
aspect.

Craig

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		Re: splitting difficult(?) strings By: hradilv on Wed, 09 January 2002 09:46
		Re: splitting difficult(?) strings By: hradilv.nospam on Wed, 09 January 2002 07:14
		Re: splitting difficult(?) strings By: Martin Downing on Tue, 08 January 2002 14:49
		Re: splitting difficult(?) strings By: Craig Markwardt on Tue, 08 January 2002 11:42

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