ESplit.pm

  This Perl module provides one function, e_split(), for splitting strings
  at arbitrary character(sequence)s (the delimiter). Delimiter may be given
  as regex.

USAGE

      my @tokens    = e_split ('::', $source_string, 5);

  returns the first four tokens, delimited by '::', plus the remainder of
  $source_string (stored in $tokens[-1]).

      my $token_ref = e_split ('(::)', $source_string, -7);

  returns the last six tokens, delimited by '::', plus the remainder
  (beginning) of $source_string (stored in $token_ref->[0]), plus the
  delimiters matched.
  Result is returned as a reference to the token-array.

- delimiters contained in quoted tokens will be ignored, as are backslash-
  escaped delims.
- delimiters given in () are returned as n + 1st elements of
  the resulting array (CORE::split()-like).
- the maximum number of tokens to be returned can be passed, counted from
  beginning (CORE::split()-like) or from the end of $source_string.


DISCUSSION

  e_split() vs. Text::ParseWords::parse_line():

  e_split is 2-5 times faster than als Text::ParseWords::parse_line.
  e_split deals well with quotes within unquoted tokens.
  e_split is more robust at mixed-quotes tokens.

VERSION

  1.00 vom 07.06.2000


CONTENTS OF THE ARCHIVE FILE

  FILE_ID.DIZ  - module description (in German (yet))
  ESplit.pm    - The Module
  ESplit.htm   - documentation in HTML format


AUTHOR

  Hartmut Camphausen
  Kirchstraße 8
  35043 Marburg
  Fon: 06424/923826
  Fax: 06424/923827
  Emil: h.camp@creagen.de
  WWW: http://www.creagen.de


LICENSE

  Copyright (c) 2000 Hartmut Camphausen. All rights reserved. This program
  is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
  terms as Perl itself.