> Steve Massey wrote:
> >
> > using the following code.. I am looking to match any text that has a
date in
> > it ie 8-Nov, nut my code also matches 8-11b, which is not what I want
> >
> > help appreciated
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> >
> > #! /usr/bin/perl -w
> >
> > $test = "8-11b1";
> > ##$
Steve Massey wrote:
>
> using the following code.. I am looking to match any text that has a date in
> it ie 8-Nov, nut my code also matches 8-11b, which is not what I want
>
> help appreciated
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> #! /usr/bin/perl -w
>
> $test = "8-11b1";
> ##$test = "8-Nov1";
>
> if ( $te
> using the following code.. I am looking to match any text that has a date
in
> it ie 8-Nov, nut my code also matches 8-11b, which is not what I want
>
> #! /usr/bin/perl -w
>
> $test = "8-11b1";
> ##$test = "8-Nov1";
>
> if ( $test =~ /(\d{1,2})\-(\w{3})([\d\w]*)/) {
> $day = $1;
