G'day thirtySeven,

Assuming that's a truly representative $path, you can use this: 

$path =~ m/((?<=[=_:])\d+)/g

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If you're unfamiliar with (?<=pattern), see "perlre: zero-width positive lookbehind assertion".

Here's an example with your assumed, representative $path: 

$ perl -E '
    my $path = q{/.snapshots123/yabsm/root/hourly/day=2021_03_04,time=
+21:20};
    say for $path =~ m/((?<=[=_:])\d+)/g;
'
2021
03
04
21
20

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Here's an example where that fails, using a $path that's almost the same as the assumed, representative $path: 

$ perl -E '
    my $path = q{/.snapshots_23/yabsm/root/hourly/day=2021_03_04,time=
+21:20};
    say for $path =~ m/((?<=[=_:])\d+)/g;
'
23
2021
03
04
21
20

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"only for learning purposes"

Understood. In a real-world application, I'd probably lose the extra text (e.g. day=) and use a simpler format, e.g. YYYY_MM_DD_hh_mm or even just YYYYMMDDhhmm.

— Ken

In reply to Re: How can I combine these two regular expressions? by kcott
in thread How can I combine these two regular expressions? by thirtySeven

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