> -----Original Message-----
> From: A. Rivera [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 6:20 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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.

Why all the regex stuff? A simple substr() should suffice, no?

   $longdate = substr($longdate, 4);

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