At 12.19 97/2/26, Matthias Ulrich Neeracher wrote: >There was a fascinating article about regexp matching in 2 past issues of the >Perl Journal. Indeed. And if you want more in-depth info, get Jeffrey Friedl's _Mastering Regular Expressions_. He is the reigning know-it-all on comp.lang.perl.misc in regex matters, and wrote the recent Perl Journal articles. The book is more on the overlying concepts behind regex engines, and most of the examples are in Perl. There is also a large Perl-specific section, as well as sections on other popular tools (Emacs, egrep). #================================================================ Chris Nandor pudge@pobox.com PGP Key 1024/B76E72AD http://pudge.net/ Keyfingerprint = 08 24 09 0B CE 73 CA 10 1F F7 7F 13 81 80 B6 B6