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#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; use feature qw{ say }; my $Map_Request_Date = 'Jan 1 2017 12:00'; my $Map_Due_Date = 'Jan 31 2017 12:00'; my $Map_Cutover_Date = 'Feb 28 2017 23:59'; my $Map_Complete_Date = 'Mar 1 2017 12:01'; my $Map_Approved_Date = 'Dec 31 1999 0:01'; my @Variables = ($Map_Request_Date, $Map_Due_Date, $Map_Cutover_Date, $Map_Complete_Date, $Map_Approved_Date); my $X = 0; for my $Date_Ref (@Variables) { say $Date_Ref; $Date_Ref =~ s/ +/ /; #When day is a single digit it creates two w +hite spaces my ($Month, $Day, $Year, $Time) = split / /, $Date_Ref, 4; my %Months = ( Jan => '01', Feb => '02', Mar => '03', Apr => '04 +', May => '05', Jun => '06', Jul => '07', Aug => '08 +', Sep => '09', Oct => '10', Nov => '11', Dec => '12 +' ); $Day = "0$Day" if 1 == length $Day; $Variables[$X++] = "$Year-$Months{$Month}-$Day"; } say for @Variables;
for (same as foreach ) aliases the values it iterates over, so you don't need the array at all:
#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; use feature qw{ say }; my $Map_Request_Date = 'Jan 1 2017 12:00'; my $Map_Due_Date = 'Jan 31 2017 12:00'; my $Map_Cutover_Date = 'Feb 28 2017 23:59'; my $Map_Complete_Date = 'Mar 1 2017 12:01'; my $Map_Approved_Date = 'Dec 31 1999 0:01'; for my $Date_Ref ($Map_Request_Date, $Map_Due_Date, $Map_Cutover_Date, $Map_Complete_Date, $Map_Approved_Date ) { say $Date_Ref; $Date_Ref =~ s/ +/ /; my ($Month, $Day, $Year, $Time) = split / /, $Date_Ref, 4; my %Months = ( Jan => '01', Feb => '02', Mar => '03', Apr => '04 +', May => '05', Jun => '06', Jul => '07', Aug => '08 +', Sep => '09', Oct => '10', Nov => '11', Dec => '12 +' ); $Day = sprintf '%02d', $Day; $Date_Ref = "$Year-$Months{$Month}-$Day"; } say for $Map_Request_Date, $Map_Due_Date, $Map_Cutover_Date, $Map_Complete_Date, $Map_Approved_Date;
Note the usage of sprintf to format the day.
But it's even easier when you use Time::Piece :
#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; use feature qw{ say }; use Time::Piece; my $Map_Request_Date = 'Jan 1 2017 12:00'; my $Map_Due_Date = 'Jan 31 2017 12:00'; my $Map_Cutover_Date = 'Feb 28 2017 23:59'; my $Map_Complete_Date = 'Mar 1 2017 12:01'; my $Map_Approved_Date = 'Dec 31 1999 0:01'; for my $Date_Ref ($Map_Request_Date, $Map_Due_Date, $Map_Cutover_Date, $Map_Complete_Date, $Map_Approved_Date ) { say $Date_Ref; my $tp = 'Time::Piece'->strptime($Date_Ref, '%b %d %Y %H:%M'); $Date_Ref = $tp->ymd; } say for $Map_Request_Date, $Map_Due_Date, $Map_Cutover_Date, $Map_Complete_Date, $Map_Approved_Date;
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Re^2: Array of variables
by Michael W (Initiate) on Apr 27, 2017 at 16:16 UTC | |
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Re^2: Array of variables
by Anonymous Monk on Apr 27, 2017 at 17:12 UTC |