>>>>> "RD" == Rick Delaney <rick.delaney@home.com> writes: RD> I didn't beat the best solution but I did tie it with a variation: RD> Solution on the site: RD> perl -pe's/:(?=[^(]*\))/-/g' RD> Mine: RD> perl -050pe's/:(?=.*\))/-/g' amusing, setting $/ to ( and using the -p loop that way. this was my hole idea and my solution. :) uri -- 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