#!/usr/bin/perl -ws use Parse::RecDescent; $RD_WARN = undef; $RD_TRACE=1; my $parse = Parse::RecDescent->new(<<'EOGRAMMAR'); line: line: seplist[sep=>','] | seplist[sep=>':'] | seplist[sep=>" "] seplist: EOGRAMMAR while () { chomp; my $res = $parse->line($_); print '[', join('][', @$res), "]\n"; } __DATA__ c,o,m,m,a,s,e,p,a,r,a,t,e,d c:o:l:o:n:s:e:p:a:r:a:t:e:d s p a c e s e p a r a t e d m u:l t i,s:ep ar:a,ted m u:l,t i,s:ep ar:a,ted m:u:l,t i,s:ep ar:a,ted