I.B. wrote: > Hi nice people, Hello,
> how to specify using regular expressions: match everything but string (xxx) > > i would do this : > > $line =~ /[^(xxx)]+/; > > but, as it was mentioned before () inside character class is not working. > what is solution here? Perhaps you want: $line !~ /xxx/; John -- Perl isn't a toolbox, but a small machine shop where you can special-order certain sorts of tools at low cost and in short order. -- Larry Wall -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>