Re: Best way to split a string of numbers into segments.
| From: | David Otton | Date: | Tue, 02 Dec 2003 13:47:31 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Best way to split a string of numbers into segments. | ||
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On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 13:14:20 +0000, you wrote:
>Is there an easy, non expensive way to do the perl-equivalent of:
>$date=20031202;
>($year, $month, $day) = ($date =~ /(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{2})/;
>
>I looked through the preg_* functions online, but couldn't see anything
>to help me. Am I stuck with substr() :P ?
list() springs to mind
list ($a, $b, $c) = preg_split (/* mumble mumble */);