Oh, indeed I got it wrong. ^(abc)|(def)$
>> I'm a rookie with regular expressions, but isn't it asking: "match on >> starts with 'abc' or ends with def" True. >That is correct, to match what I think the original poster suggested >would be: > >^(abc|def)$ That is what I wanted in the first place. My mistake was to think that the operator (|) operates on the left- and rightmost item which I suspected would be only c and d in the RE above. I'll need to read up on RE operator precedence... Thanks, Matthias -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
