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Making an argument parser. I want to split a string into an array where the delimiter is ", " except when preceded by "|". That means string
"foo, ba|, r, arg"
should result in
`["foo", "ba|, r", "arg"]`
I’m trying to use this regex: (?<!\|), which works in http://regexhero.net/tester/ but when I try
args.split(/(?<!\|), /)
in ruby, I get an error: undefined (?...) sequence: /(?<!\|), /
Ruby’s regex engine doesn’t support lookbehind (yet).
You’d need to switch to 1.9 or use Oniguruma.
If that’s not an option, you can search for
|,and replace it with some sort of marker. After all is said and done, put the|,back.You can also try a regex like:
But obviously the
(?:[^|])is not zero-width, which means you’ll need to do some extra work afterwards.