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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.


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