Thanks, it worked.
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From: $Bill Luebkert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 11:32 AM
To: AITHA, BHEEMSEN (SBCSI)
Cc: perl-unix-users@listserv.ActiveState.com
Subject: Re: [Perl-unix-users] How to parse a date string and convert it
into mm/dd/
AITHA, BHEEMSEN (SBCSI) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a file with the following as the first line.
>
> 760434|c|061230
>
> I need to parse this line and read 061230 into a variable and then try
> to convert that string into the date in format mm/dd/. Report any
> error while converting the string.
while (<>) {
if ( not /\|/ ) {
warn "bad data line: $_";
next;
} # if no pipe
chomp;
my ($whoknows, $oneletter, $date_str ) = split(/\|/);
if ( not defined( $date_str ) ) {
warn "bad data line - no date string: $_";
next;
} # if no date
if ( len
Hi,
I have a file with the following as the first line.
760434|c|061230
I need to parse this line and read 061230 into a variable and then try
to convert that string into the date in format mm/dd/. Report any
error while converting the string.
Any sample code would be a great help.
I do no
