> -----Original Message----- > From: Janek Schleicher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 2:14 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: regex capturing > > > 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
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