Homework & Coursework Questions

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1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data:
I'm making my first program with perl and am supposed to allow the user to either use the current date or enter a specific date they choose. The program then is supposed to print out the chosen date, as well as the week before.
Example:
Date: 1-28-2011
Sunday: 1-16-2011
Saturday: 1-22-2011

I have it working fine with printing out the the current date and last week but am unsure how to have the optional input from user as well as convert that into a date.

The optional input should be entered on the command line when the program is run such as: dates.pl 09/22/2004


2. Relevant commands, code, scripts, algorithms:
@AVRG
Date::Manip as well as Parse


3. The attempts at a solution (include all code and scripts):
I have tried using the @AVRG command but am not sure I'm using it right. I have @AVRG[0] because i just want the initial command inputted but if I do print $AVRG[0] nothing shows up.

And to parse the date I have tried using Date::manip but again am unsure how to use that properly.


4. Complete Name of School (University), City (State), Country, Name of Professor, and Course Number (Link to Course):
North Dakota State University
Fargo, North Dakota, USA
Tariq King, CSci 372


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