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From: adler@betwixt..caltech.edu (B. Thomas Adler)
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Subject: Quoting and Splitting
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Date: 25 Sep 90 19:02:01 GMT
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Hi all,

I've just run across a problem that I thought should have a natural
solution (ie, a small one liner) in perl, but I can't seem to find 
it in the manual.

I'm working on a program that parses the contents of a file (say, a
nameserver file), and some of the fields are double-quoted, to preserve
spacing.  My question is, is there a way to have split() split on
white-space, while respecting the restrictions imposed by any double quoting?

ie, I'd like the line
	Field_1  parm_1		"This is example one"

to split into three components, rather than 6.

Any ideas?

-Bo

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