Re: Regex advice

>> What I mean is, if you were to use a regex as opposed to using 
>> split(), how would you have written:
>>
>> if (/.*simscan~\[\d+\]~([\w|\s]+).*?~(\d+\.\d+)s~.*?~(.*?)~(.*?)~(.*)/) {
>>
>> ...to do the task I originally requested help with?
> 
> Aside from removing .* at the beginning and removing '|' from the 
> character class the other parts should work as desired.

Indeed, it certainly does. I now understand why the .* at the beginning 
is redundant and furthermore causes undue overhead.

I also have a better understanding of how a character class works.

That said, I think I'll stick to my tried and true method of using split :)

Thanks,

Steve