----- Original Message ----- From: "A. Rivera" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 7:20 AM Subject: I thought I knew....
> OK, I have this.. > > $longdate="Fri November 29, 2001"; > And I want just the November 29, 2001 part. > > I tried.. > $longdate=~ s/(.*) (.*)/$2/g; > =~ s/(.*) ?(.*)/$2/g; > =~ s/(.*) *?(.*)/$2/g; > =~ s/(.*)\s*?(.*)/$2/g; > > I'm stumped. Help. This should do :- $longdate="Fri November 29, 2001"; $longdate =~s/\w+ (\w+\s\d+,\s\d+)/$1/g; print $longdate; For sure, I'm progressing ! Many Thanks to all the Members here. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]