OK, how about: tr/:;)]([O|/;:([)]|O/; Technically known as a TRANS-Linguo-Iconic Typographic Emotional Release Attitude TransformER. Sorry, probably neither humorous nor grotesque; should be 'OR' at the end, too. The student is left to determine the application... ;-) - Bruce # ===== Want to unsubscribe from this list? # ===== Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to macperl-request@macperl.org