my $date='**2010-02-09**'; my $line = $aData[0]; $line =~ s/\$date/$date/g; print STDERR "------------DATA #1 ----------------\n$line"; $date='**1910-02-09**'; $line = $aData[0]; $line =~ s/\$date/$date/g; print STDERR "------------DATA #2 ----------------\n$line";