On occasion, I have found it useful to cobble up a "little language" that allows me to generate a list of items, using a wild-card or some other syntax, as:
foo[0-9][0-9] yields foo00, foo01, ... I'm wondering whether Perl should have a similar capability, using REs. -r -- email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; phone: +1 650-873-7841 http://www.cfcl.com/rdm - my home page, resume, etc. http://www.cfcl.com/Meta - The FreeBSD Browser, Meta Project, etc. http://www.ptf.com/dossier - Prime Time Freeware's DOSSIER series http://www.ptf.com/tdc - Prime Time Freeware's Darwin Collection
