Rmck wrote:
I have a script that I want to print only if between 08:00 and
17:00. Would I match every hour then print?? Any cleaner way to do
this would be great. Thanks
my($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon);
($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon)=localtime;
You can declare and assign the variables in the same expression:
my ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon) = localtime;
<snip>
if ( $hour =~ /^(08:|09:|10:|11:|12:|13:|14:|15:|16:|17:)/){
What made you think that $hour would contain a string with a trailing
colon character?
You can simply do:
if ( $hour >= 8 and $hour < 17 ) {
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