From: npoly_iki@... (Iki)
Date: 2004-03-11T19:24:35+09:00
Subject: Regular Expression for D(elimiter) Separated Values  File

Hi all,

I thought I could parse a dsv file with say a ';' delimiter 
(escaped with a backslash where appropriate) just by using 
a regexp such as /(?=[^\\]);/x  and String#split


"eggs\\;bread;butter".split(/(?=[^\\]);/x)' 
=> ["eggs\\", "bread", "butter"]


but ..

"eggs;\\bread;butter".split(/;(?=[^\\])/x)' 
=> ["eggs;\\bread", "butter"]

Am I missing something?

I am using Ruby 1.8.1 on mingw

Thanks