>>>>> "Al" == Al Hospers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Al> thanks to everyone who responded. it seems that Bob's Al> /^\d+$/ Al> works the best overall for this situation. Beware that this also matches "123\n". A solution that rejects /\D/ will be faster and more accurate and easier to type than a solution that accepts your regex. So be careful who you listen to. :) -- 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]