I thought this was working, but my logs just showed a case where it seems not to do what I want. Why does: $OK_body=($body=~/library\s*?card\D*?(\d{7})\D/i) ; Not become true when $body contains: Library Card: 0240742
Just possibly there's some dodgy html or something in the original that doen't make it through to my logs, but right now I'm perplexed -- David Budd, Applications section, IT Services Kilburn Building, University of Manchester Tel 56033 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.its.man.ac.uk/applications _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs