Thank you very much for your response. first sorry for typo, i want to change 9/9/1973 to 09/09/1973, i.e. add 0 to month & date, if day/month is 1 digit long.
and I want to use regexp , without using sprinf. I want to thank this list, I got so many different ways. Also want to mention, I liked : s/\b\d\b/0$&/g; Regards Pradeep -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pradeep Sethi Sent: 2/2/02 7:00 AM Subject: Re: substitution question The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to perl.fwp as well. >>>>> "Pradeep" == Pradeep Sethi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Pradeep> I want to change date 9/9/1987 to 09/09/1973 Pradeep> was wondering, what is the most efficient way ? $date = "09/09/1973"; Since you gave no "rules" by which to generalize this, I'm allowed to be specific. :-) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!
