> i have a date string formatted this way: $date = "Apr. 02, 2002" > i want to capture the "Apr" (without the period) into $1, "02" into $2, and > "2002" into $3. > note that some months may not be abbreviated (such as May), and therefore > might not have a period. > my regex skills are still sadly inferior (though i'm learning =)
Hmm. What doc are you learning from? What have you tried for the above? > my second (and optional) problem for you to solve: i want to transform this > into mysql date format (yyyy-mm-dd). this is easy enough to do, but i was > wondering if there are any modules there that can date manipulation a lot > easier. if you know any, just let me know. Perl's got a huge community supported module library called cpan. For more info, enter at a command prompt: perl -q cpan As this doc will tell you, there's a search.cpan.org. With it you can easily browse/search the entire library. hth -- ralph -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]