Hi George. I think you'd have had an answer by now if there was one. I can't think of anything but I wasn't willing to post and say 'it can't be done' without waiting for others' ideas.
George P. wrote: > But now, I need to check for all classes other than "text"; > > This has me stumped!! > > For eg: > $str = '<TD class="text1">'; > > $class = 'text[0-9]+' > if ($str =~ /class="$class"/) > { > print "TAG has this class\n"; > } I still don't understand exactly why you cant use if ($str !~ /class="$class"/) { print "TAG doesn't have this class\n"; } or even something ugly like if ($str =~ /class="$class"/) { } else { print "TAG doesn't have this class\n"; } If you can describe to us a circumstance where you 'need' this functionality I'm sure we'll come up with an answer. Cheers, Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]