>>>>> "KCI" == Keith Calvert Ivey <kcivey@cpcug.org> writes: KCI> /^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)$/&&($1|$2|$3|$4)<256 and here is where you could replace && with & and get away with it (tested): /^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)$/&($1|$2|$3|$4)<256 unfortunately < binds higher than | or you could lose those parens. i love seeing all this golf energy here. hope some of you enter the tournament at tpc4! uri (dictator^Wdirector of the PGA) -- Uri Guttman --------- uri@sysarch.com ---------- http://www.sysarch.com SYStems ARCHitecture, Software Engineering, Perl, Internet, UNIX Consulting The Perl Books Page ----------- http://www.sysarch.com/cgi-bin/perl_books The Best Search Engine on the Net ---------- http://www.northernlight.com ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? Well, if you insist... ==== Send email to <fwp-request@technofile.org> with message _body_ ==== unsubscribe