Mathew schreef: > I had tried this > > /^[.]$|^[..]$/ but had been getting errors about Posix. I'm not at > the same system or even same OS now so I can't reproduce though.
[..] is equal to [.], like [aaaabbbbcccccbbbaaa] is equal to [a-c]. See `perldoc perlre`. -- Affijn, Ruud "Gewoon is een tijger." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>