Christopher M Burger wrote: > > I was wondering if anyone could help me. Here is my question. > > I have a date 03242003 I want it to look like 03/24/2003 how do I do that? > > Appreciate any help.
my $date = '03242003'; $date = join '/', unpack 'a2a2a4', $date; Or: $date =~ s,(?<=\d\d)(\d\d),/$1/,; Or: substr( $date, 4, 0, '/' ); substr( $date, 2, 0, '/' ); John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]