>>>>> "Chaim" == Chaim Frenkel <chaimf@pobox.com> writes: Chaim> Ohh, lets play... Chaim> warn "ASCII value exceeds 127.\n" Chaim> if ($_=$line) =~ tr/\0-\x7f//c Or even the simplest: warn "big char!" if /[\x80-\xff]/; I'm sure that'll time out even faster than the tr///. -- Name: Randal L. Schwartz / Stonehenge Consulting Services (503)777-0095 Keywords: Perl training, UNIX[tm] consulting, video production, skiing, flying Email: <merlyn@stonehenge.com> Snail: (Call) PGP-Key: (finger merlyn@teleport.com) Web: <A HREF="http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/">My Home Page!</A> Quote: "I'm telling you, if I could have five lines in my .sig, I would!" -- me ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? ==== Well, if you insist... Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to ==== fwp-request@technofile.org