Bart Lateur writes: >On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 20:11:42 -0500, Michael G Schwern wrote: > >> /(\w+)[ ]+ (\w+)(?:[ ]+(\d+))?/ &&
Excuse my lack of obscure perl knowledge, but what is the difference between "[ ]+" and " +"? Or is just a readability thing, which seems strange for the 'shortened' version ;) -- Sam comments on data are usually much more helpful than on algorithms --Rob Pike