--- Scott Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why is it that you have to "\" out the @ symbol in the > regex below?
Because scalars, arrays and suchlike are stuffed into the regex before it is compiled. Rather like a regex version of double quotes (and why quotemeta() exists). Use single quotes on the match, which will stop this behavour - giving what you expected. I.e. m'[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Jonathan Paton __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
