I'm using 1..7 because Date::Manip returns 1 for the first day of the week, not 0. Yes, I loose the 0 index. That isn't a problem since I can very easily add or subtract 1 as needed to convert between Date::Manip and this code.

When I step through your code, which by the way, took some work for me since you are using much Perl mojo that I'm just not used to using, I am not getting the answer I expect.

If you start on Wednesday ($start_day = 2) and run to the third Friday ($days = 17), then you should have two Mondays, Tuesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, and three Wednesdays, Thrusdays, and Fridays. I expect 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, but I get 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2.

-Travis

In reply to Runrig's Solution RE: How Many Mondays in Date Range? by THuG
in thread How Many Mondays in Date Range? by THuG

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