Okay, so this doesn't exactly require a PhD to find, but I did find it mildly amusing. If you want it to be at all challenging, you can't run it with -w or use strict. $_ = 'The score was 2/0 in the second inning.'; print "found it\n" if /\d+ \/ \d+ # find something of the pattern y/x /x -- _____ |/// | Brand Hilton bhilton@adc.com | ADC| ADC Telecommunications |_____| Richardson, Texas ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? Well, if you insist... ==== Send email to <fwp-request@technofile.org> with message _body_ ==== unsubscribe