You have
; as well as
: in your data. Either fix your data or modify the regex.
#!/usr/bin/perl
use v5.12.2;
use warnings;
use strict;
while (<DATA>) {
$_ =~ /(\d\d)[:;](\d\d)[:;](\d\d)/;
my $hours = $1;
my $minutes = $2;
my $seconds = $3;
print "$hours,$minutes,$seconds\n"
}
__DATA__
01:23:45
06:54;32
23;45:16
update:
You could introduce some error checking
#!/usr/bin/perl
use v5.12.2;
use warnings;
use strict;
while (my $line = <DATA>) {
if ($line =~ /(\d\d)[:;](\d\d)[:;](\d\d)/){
my $hours = $1;
my $minutes = $2;
my $seconds = $3;
print "$hours,$minutes,$seconds\n";
}
else{
print qq{bad line: $line\n};
}
}
__DATA__
01:23:45
06:54;32
23;45:16
23_45_16