Tom Moertel wrote: > > perl -ne'((join"",map{$b=$a;($a=ord)-$b-1&&"x"}split//)=~/000/)&&print' Shorter version: perl -ne'((join"",map{$b=$a;($a=ord)-$b-1&&2}split//)=~/000/)&&print' Any further reductions? Cheers, Tom ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? Well, if you insist... ==== Send email to <fwp-request@technofile.org> with message _body_ ==== unsubscribe