Re^2: Convert date

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Re^3: Convert date by Corion (Patriarch) on Jul 15, 2009 at 09:39 UTC
The following code does not print any warning for me: `>perl -wle "my $date='20080501'; $date =~ s/^(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{2})$/$1 +-$2-$3/;print $date" 2008-05-01` [download] So the problem must be with your other code and/or how you're using it. My guess is that `$date` in your case is not defined. Print out `$date` before trying a substitution on it: `print "I think \$date is [$date]\n";` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^3: Convert date
by Corion (Patriarch) on Jul 15, 2009 at 09:39 UTC

The following code does not print any warning for me:

>perl -wle "my $date='20080501'; $date =~ s/^(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{2})$/$1
+-$2-$3/;print $date"
2008-05-01
[download]

So the problem must be with your other code and/or how you're using it. My guess is that $date in your case is not defined. Print out $date before trying a substitution on it:

print "I think \$date is [$date]\n";
[download]

[reply]
[d/l]
[select]