if ( ! defined $username || ! $username =~ /[0-9]{10,11}/ ) { do something;
} else { do something else; } what that's supposed to do is this: if it's blank or not 10 or 11 digits... The question is where is my understanding faulty or did I mess up. Thanks in advance Bruce -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/