>>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Kasak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Daniel> I'm trying to split a date where the values can be separated by a dash 
'-' or
Daniel> a slash '/', eg:
Daniel> 2006-10-31 or 2006/10/31

If it's easier to talk about what to keep instead of what to throw away,
don't use split -- use regex match:

my ($y, $m, $d) = $string =~ /(\d+)/g;

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