At 9:35 AM -0400 5/17/2000, Paul Schinder wrote: >> $matches .= $line . '\n'; # and the next 2 lines if there are any > >Since you're not chomping the lines, this should work: > > $matches = $line . <IN> . <IN>; Thanks Paul, that's brilliant! Is there a similarly easy way to include the previous two lines? -- My brain hurts! SeanC Mediatek Training Institute 129 Moore Road, Berea, Durban, South Africa phone: +27 (0)31 305 4200 SeanC@mediatek.co.za fax: +27 (0)31 305 4236 <http://members.xoom.com/s_carte> # ===== Want to unsubscribe from this list? # ===== Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to macperl-request@macperl.org