on Fri, 09 Aug 2002 11:30:54 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jerry Preston) 
wrote:

> I am looking for a simple way to replace a date in a string:
> 
>    "%makesql(FORD,waf_end,010602 &nowdate,all,0,pdv.CHEVY);\n",
>                                            ^^^^^^^^
> to 
>    "%makesql(FORD,waf_end,080902 &nowdate,all,0,pdv.CHEVY);\n",
>                                            ^^^^^^^^

Don't use ^^^^^ unless you are writing your message with a monospaced 
font. (It tends to confuse people ;-)

Try:

$string = "%makesql(FORD,waf_end,010602 &nowdate,all,0,pdv.CHEVY);\n"
$string =~ s/010602/080902/;

-- 
felix

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