> #!perl -n > > BEGIN { > open T, "threes"; > chop(@t=<T>); > @t{@t} = (1) x @t; > } > grep {!$t{$_}} /(...)/g or print; I expect this is slightly faster (same number of chars): #!perl -n BEGIN { open T, "threes"; chop(@t=<T>); @t{@t} = (); } grep {!exists$t{$_}} /(...)/g or print; ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? Well, if you insist... ==== Send email to <fwp-request@technofile.org> with message _body_ ==== unsubscribe