Dr.Ruud wrote:
Michael Alipio schreef:$log = "date=2007-01-12 blah blah"; [...] ($date) = $log =~ /date=(\S+?)[\s+|,]/;/date=([0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2})\b/; /date=([0-9]{4}(?:-[0-9]{2}){2})\b/;/date=([0-9-]{10})\b/; /date=([0-9-]+)\b/; (untested)
Why would you not test the code you posted? $log =~ /date=([\d-]+)/; will do what is required here. Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/