At 10:28 4.04.2000, Uwe Ohse wrote: >On Tue, Apr 04, 2000 at 10:47:38AM +0100, Will Harris wrote: > >> /172.(?:1[6-9]|2[0-9]|31).[0-9]+.[0-9]+$/ >> >> One line, nice and simple. > >add "wrong". > >1.172.31.111 > >You should really use \. and ^ Damn! You are so right! The only thing is that for the application I'm referring to, you shouldn't use the ^ because that would block anything before the "@" symbol as well. It's better to just use the \. regards,Will __________________________________________________________________________ "I was going to be a Neo-Deconstructivist, but Mom wouldn't let me..." multimedia laboratorium [EMAIL PROTECTED] institut fuer informatik (pgp id) F703D035 der universitaet zuerich (office) +41 1 635 4346 winterthurerstr. 190 (fax) +41 1 635 6809 ch-8057 zuerich (mobile) +41 76 372 0913 switzerland www.ifi.unizh.ch/~harris __________________________________________________________________________