Ronald Yacketta wrote: > > I have a date string as such > > Thu Dec 10 2001 > Tue Dec 8 2001 > Wed Dec 7 2001 > > I have two hashes created for day_of_week and month_of_year > To get the numeric value for the month and week day #. > > The problem I am having is getting the split right. > I have > My ($wday,$month,$mday,$year) = split (/ /); > I know this is wrong seeing that I have more than > One space between the month and the day of the month. > > Could someone lend a hand to get this split correct?
The "correct" way is: my ( $wday, $month, $mday, $year ) = split; This will work if the date to split is in $_ John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
