> Correct this to > > while (<DATA>) { > print "$1: $_" if /((?:[^o]|[^Ww]o|^.?)[Mm][ae]n)/; > } > > to adjust for uppercase Women and it Does The Right Thing (TM). > > __DATA__ > 'Snowmen' are leaving 'snowwomen' alone; too icey... :) (an MSN FrogPond frog) Obviously I should be the LAST person in the Perl world to gong anyone (that other gong was just teasing. :) But, here is another (smaller) *gong* (a question, really): wmen: 'Snowmen' are leaving 'snowwomen' alone; too icey... Is this an unintentional side effect? ??? -Sneex- :] FCCJ Data Security Group ______________________________________________________________________ Bill Jones Data Security Specialist http://www.fccj.org/cgi/mail?dss ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? Well, if you insist... ==== Send email to <fwp-request@technofile.org> with message _body_ ==== unsubscribe