Hi,
I was wondering if anyone has tried this before:
I have a file, containing strings starting with a date.
Eg. 
8-12-03,somename,someaddress....<br>
8-13-03,someothername,someaddress....

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I have today's date: 8-25-03. Based on this date, im trying to match a pattern for last week.
Hence, I would match $string =~ /^8\-[19-25]\-03/
but, if the date was 8-1-03, the pattern would be 
$string =~ /^7\-[26-]\-03/ || $string =~ /^8\-[1-2]\-03/

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The week starts on Monday and ends on a Sunday
I have 2 digits each for month, day and year
And I am doing the manipulation in win32
This seems a bit tricky though, but any inputs would help
Thanks!

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In reply to Week Algorithm by rupesh

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