On Sep 23, Zielinski Daniel (P) said: >$corr_line=~s/(>| |,|;)I( |,|;|:|\n)/$11$2/;
Perl sees "$11$2" as two variables -- $11 and $2. You want "${1}1$2", which makes Perl separate the $1 from the 1. -- Jeff "japhy" Pinyan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pobox.com/~japhy/ RPI Acacia brother #734 http://www.perlmonks.org/ http://www.cpan.org/ ** Look for "Regular Expressions in Perl" published by Manning, in 2002 ** <stu> what does y/// stand for? <tenderpuss> why, yansliterate of course. [ I'm looking for programming work. If you like my work, let me know. ] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]