On Tue, Oct 19, 1999 at 05:17:48PM -0500, Andy Lester wrote: > > print$_="Happy birthday to you,\n"x2;s/,$/./;s/to.*/dear perl5,/;print > > No, 'cause it eats the \n. > > $horse->{status} = "dead"; > No it doesn't. . matches every character except \n. Ronald ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? Well, if you insist... ==== Send email to <fwp-request@technofile.org> with message _body_ ==== unsubscribe