>require 5.005; > >print "Matched!\n" if /(?<!wo)men/; Y'know, if the militant feminists had their way and were "womyn", this wouldn't be a problem! xoxo, Andy -- Andy Lester: andy@petdance.com http://petdance.com/ "There is no bored, only boring." ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? ==== Well, if you insist... Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to ==== fwp-request@technofile.org