>here's an easy one... > > >what is the best way to to check if string has a "/" at the end? > >$slashdirpath = "images/porsches/my911s/"; > >if ($slashdirpath =~ /$\//) { > print "slash path does have a slash after it\n"; >} else { > print "slash path does NOT have a slash after it\n"; >} > >this does not work...please help!!! if ($slashpath =~ /\/$/) { You just had the $ in the wrong place. #================================================================ perl -e 'srand();if(rand>.5){$i=0;foreach(@ARGV){@$i=split(//);$z [$i]=0;foreach$l(@$i){$s[$i][$z[$i]]=$l;$z[$i]++;}$i++;}foreach$m (@s){foreach$g(@{$m}){print$g}print" ";$m++}}else{print(join(" ", @ARGV))}print"\n"' McClellan Clan Motto: Think On Chris Nandor pudge@pcix.com PGP Key 0xB76E72AD http://pudge.petersons.com/