> Folks,
> 
> I have a date string as such
> 
> Thu Dec 10 2001
> Tue Dec  8 2001
> Wed Dec  7 2001
> 
> I have two hashes created for day_of_week and month_of_year
> To get the numeric value for the month and week day #.
> 
> The problem I am having is getting the split right.
> I have
> My ($wday,$month,$mday,$year) = split (/ /);
> I know this is wrong seeing that I have more than
> One space between the month and the day of the month.
> 
> Could someone lend a hand to get this split correct?
> 
> Regards,
> Ron

Hey Ron,
  Try:
my ($wday,$month,$mday,$year) = split (/\s+/);

Shawn



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