use POSIX 'setlocale'; use locale; use strict; use warnings; setlocale( &POSIX::LC_ALL, "de" ); my %rec; $rec{'content'} = qq|<!-- start query --><input type=hidden name="227" value="77"><dl><dt><dd>"Madhyamaka." In: "Buddhismus in Geschichte und Gegenwart, Bd. I." Hamburg: Universität Hamburg (Weiterbildendes Studium) 1998, 180-189.</dl><input type=hidden name="230" value="77"><dl><dt><dd>"Zum Konzept der Leerheit im BCA." In: "Buddhismus in Geschichte und Gegenwart, Bd. III: ZAntidevas "Eintritt in das Leben zur Erleuchtung"." Hamburg: Universität Hamburg (Weiterbildendes Studium) 1999, 61-80.</dl><input type=hidden name="229" value="77"><dl><dt><dd>"The PrasannapadA: More Manuscripts from Nepal." 44 (2000), 165-181.</dl><input type=hidden name="305" value="77"><dl><dt><dd>"Die Sicht der Leerheit." Tibet und Buddhismus 52 (2000), 8-13.</dl><!-- end query -->alkjd öslkfdj|;
if ($rec{'content'} =~ /(<!-- start query -->.*?<!-- end query -->)/s) { print "YES: there is content with query tags\n"; my $query = "$1"; print "QUERY\n---------------------\n$query\n-------------\n"; $rec{'content'} =~ s/$query/!query!/s; print "CONTENT AFTER CHANGE: $rec{'content'}\n"; } Does anyone know why the substitution in the second line from the bottom is not carried out? Does $rec{'content'} contain any illegal characters which allow for regexp searching, but prohibit replacing? Thanks, Birgit Kellner Birgit Kellner -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]