"it gives me the desired result". Could you be more specific. What was the value of $year. Note that perl does automatic conversion between string and integer value. There is no need for the int() function. If it really is a number you can use it as a number

Do you still get the error about "undef". In that case you should use something like this to test your script:

 
use Data::Dumper;
$Data::Dumper::Useqq=1;
print Dumper($year);

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This will print out $year as if you had written it in your script as a constant value. If anything strange is happening, for example your $year is a reference or has unprintable control characters in it, this will show it.

PS: int(undef) will be 0, so whatever you are seeing is expected if $year is really undef. You may have a typo in the variable name (which should give an error if you have "use strict" on)

In reply to Re^5: Not able to ParseDate lines from a file by jethro
in thread Not able to ParseDate lines from a file by xpl0it

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