And the clouds parted, and Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan said... > > Well, your regex is matching either a digit, a -, or a + as the first > character in $diff. If you wanted to match a POSITIVE number, you'd be > better with /^+?\d/, but WHY are you using a regex for a MATH problem? > > if ($diff > 0) { ... } >
Bah. That's the trouble with starting a reply, getting otherwise occupied before completing it, and then sending it in late. What he said. <:) /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | Brian Gerard We now return to our regularly | | First initial + 'lists' scheduled flame-throwing. | | at technobrat dot com | \______________________________________________________________________/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]