Peter Fleck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : : ( : $date=~/^((\d\d?)\/(\d\d?)\/(((\d{2,2}))|(\d{4,4})))($|(,(\s*) : ((\d\d?)\/(\d\d?)\/(((\d{2,2}))|(\d{4,4}))))+$)/ : )
What about split:
my @dates = split m#/|,\s*#, 'mm/dd/yy, mm/dd/yy'; printf "Dates retrieved: %s\n", @dates / 3;
Bit late in responding here... I like using the split() function as a replacement for my monstrous regex. Your example doesn't really validate the entry but you got me thinking about what I can do with the split. (You also forced me to read up on s/printf and scalar context to figure out what the heck you were doing.)
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