perl regex

[David A. Sinck]

\_ SMTP quoth Mike Starke on 3/26/2003 16:33 as having spake thusly:
\_
\_ David is right, I probably should have included more accurate
\_ data than my original message.
\_ 
\_ Here is a line:
\_ ---------------------------------------------------
\_ TYPE: AL ADHC, SUBTYPE: ADULT DAY HEALTH CARE, ID: AL2905, LICENSE: ADHC-2838, NAME: MARY'S PLACE ADULT DAY CENTER, LEGALLY: MARY'S PLACE ADULT DAY CENTER, ADDRESS: 14601 DEL WEBB  BLVD, CITY: SUN CITY, STATE: AZ, ZIP: 85351, TELEPHONE: (623)584-4999, FAX: , CAPACITY: , COUNTY: MARICOPA
\_ ---------------------------------------------------

$line = qq{TYPE: ... from above ... };

my @parts = split /, (\w+): /, $line;
splice @parts, 0, 1, split /:/, $parts[0], 2;
my %info = @parts;

foreach (sort keys %info)
  {
    print "$_ => $info{$_}\n";
  }

YMMV.  Yes, the splice is masking a weakness in the RE. :-)


David