On 11-05-25 10:39 AM, Irfan Sayed wrote:
hi,

i have string like this
"2011/05/25 07:24:58 -0700 PDT"  i need to match "2011/05/25"
i wrote reg ex like this: ^\d\d\d\d//\d\d/\d\d$ but it is not working

code is like this


$lin = "2011/05/25 07:24:58 -0700 PDT";
$lin =~ m/^\d\d\d\d//\d\d/\d\d$/;
print "$lin\n";

plz suggest


They are two slashes in a row; change the first to a backslash:

m/^\d\d\d\d\/\d\d/\d\d$/;


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