>>s/1:(\w*)/:${1}1/ or chop && s/^(\w*)/${1}1/;<< Now I really see again how new I am to perl and its regexps. I will now look into my perl manual (or try and find resources on regular expressions on the web) so I can follow your line of thought. Might take me a "second", though... :) Thanks a lot for your thought! Michael > Von: Ken Williams <ken@forum.swarthmore.edu> > Datum: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 07:30:57 -0600 > An: miku <miku@onlinehome.de> > Cc: macperl@macperl.org, jay.bedsole@motorola.com > Betreff: Re: [MacPerl] The Powers of Annoy > > s/1:(\w*)/:${1}1/ or chop && s/^(\w*)/${1}1/; # ===== Want to unsubscribe from this list? # ===== Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to macperl-request@macperl.org