Tom Allison wrote: > if ($text =~ /(.*?($crlf))\2(.*)/sm) { > > Do I read this right? > > the '\2' is a repeat character of the second match > where match \1 is (.*?$crlf) and > match \2 is $crlf ?
Yes, but you don't really need the capturing parentheses there: if ( $text =~ /(.*?$crlf)$crlf(.*)/s ) { John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>