thanx for the help. i got it. when i saw what happened when i put the + at the end i found what i needed. split('[.!?] ', $data)
this way it only breaks them up if the . or ! or ? is followed by a space. thanx again for the help. "Eugene Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 09:48:37PM -0600, erythros wrote: > : > : trying to use split(). i want to split a paragraph by sentence. so of course > : i used split('[.!?]', $data). but then i noticed i use ... or .... every now > : and again at the end of a sentence. i don't know how to do this though... > > How about preg_split('[.!?]+', $data) ? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php