> > I believe the fun factor is slightly higher in this version; > > $_="aaabbbbccaaajjjcccooaaabbbbjjjjjaeefcccooaaabbbbjjaajj"; > > for($n=0;/(.{$n,}).*\1/;$n=length($1)+1){$s=$1;}; > > print "$s\n"; > > It could probably do with some further obfuscation! Yep, this is funner (and faster). Thanks. ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? ==== Well, if you insist... Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to ==== fwp-request@technofile.org