Re: [PHP] Best way to split a string of numbers into segments.

[Tom]

David Otton wrote:

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 */);
 

Hi David.

Yes, list() was, initially, my starting point. But preg_split() will not 
allow me split with the
full /(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{2})/ syntax (and assign the temp vars to thos in 
list().
Unless I missed something?

$date=20031202;
list ($a, $b, $c) = preg_split (/(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{2})/);
> parse error, unexpected '/', expecting ')'
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