Nikola Janceski wrote at Wed, 31 Jul 2002 17:27:22 +0200:
> $\ = "\n";
> $date = "20020731";
> print join "/", ($date =~ /(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{2})/)[1,2,0]; # this works
> print join "/", ($date =~ /(\d{4})(\d{2}){2}/)[1,2,0]; # this doesn't
>
> __END__
>
> why did the second pattern not capture the second occurance of \d{2} ?
> Is this the correct action? or should it capture the second one in the
> second example?
The second pattern matches only these 12 days in a year:
Jan 01
Feb 02
Mar 03
Apr 04
May 05
Jun 06
Jul 07
Aug 08
Sep 09
Oct 10
Nov 11
Dec 12
Cheerio,
Janek
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