Daniel Kasak wrote: > I'm trying to split a date where the values can be separated by a dash > '-' or a slash '/', eg: > 2006-10-31 or 2006/10/31 > > I'm using: > my ( $yyyy, $mm, $dd ) = split /(-|\/)/, $yyyymmdd; > but it doesn't work.
Yes it does work, it's just that the capturing parentheses are returning the contents of the capturing parentheses so '2006/10/31' is returning the list ( '2006', '/', '10', '/', '31' ). You need to use a character class: my ( $yyyy, $mm, $dd ) = split /[-\/]/, $yyyymmdd; Or non-capturing parentheses: my ( $yyyy, $mm, $dd ) = split /(?:-|\/)/, $yyyymmdd; Or you could just return the numbers you want instead of removing the non-numbers you don't want: my ( $yyyy, $mm, $dd ) = $yyyymmdd =~ /\d+/g; John -- Perl isn't a toolbox, but a small machine shop where you can special-order certain sorts of tools at low cost and in short order. -- Larry Wall -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
