String Search containing a '/' character

[Bumble]

Basically I have a date, say 02/04, in a text file. I need to find that so
i've got

if ($line=~m/\d\d??\d\d/)

to find the 2 lots of digits (the date and month) but I can't work out how I
add the / in there (in place of the ??) I've tried a few things but nothing
is working?

 

[gnari]

Basically I have a date, say 02/04, in a text file. I need to find that so
i've got

if ($line=~m/\d\d??\d\d/)

to find the 2 lots of digits (the date and month) but I can't work out how I
add the / in there (in place of the ??) I've tried a few things but nothing
is working?

but have you tried reading the docs ?
perldoc perlre

gnari

 

[Anno Siegel]

Basically I have a date, say 02/04, in a text file. I need to find that so
i've got

if ($line=~m/\d\d??\d\d/)

to find the 2 lots of digits (the date and month) but I can't work out how I
add the / in there (in place of the ??) I've tried a few things but nothing
is working?

Did "a few things" include escaping the "/" with a backslash? That isn't
the best method, but it is certainly something to try, and it works.
It's better to use an alternative delimiter instead of "/". So both
"/\d\d\/\d\d/" and "m!\d\d/\d\d!" should work.

Anno