use strict; use warnings; use Benchmark qw(:all); print("This is Perl $]\n"); my %tests = ( repeat => 'my ($y,$m,$d) = $date =~ /(\\d\\d\\d\\d)(\\d\\d)(\\d\\d)/;', range => 'my ($y,$m,$d) = $date =~ /(\\d{4})(\\d{2})(\\d{2})/;', isook => 'my ($y,$m,$d) = $date =~ /(....)(..)(..)/s;', unpack => 'my ($y,$m,$d) = unpack "A4 A2 A2", $date;', ); # These don't result in any opcodes. $_ = 'use strict; use warnings; our $date; '.$_ for values(%tests); our $date = '20091202'; my $results = cmpthese(-3, \%tests);