>>>>> "Gunnar" == Gunnar Hjalmarsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> /(\w+)(?:\s+$RE{num}{real}){3,3}\s+(\w+)/; Gunnar> That's an alternative, but would it necessarily be better? To me, Gunnar> using a module for such a trivial thing just creates another level of Gunnar> abstraction without actually making it easier. Can we agree to disagree on that? Once you understand Regex::Common, it becomes a nice abstraction. Having said that, I don't yet. :) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>