justino berrun wrote:
> how would i express some where before/first and some where after/later in a string > for example, if (match this "-key" before this "5L" ){ do the rest... } > on a string that look like so: $string="-key 3345 -door 3432 -5L"; If the only condition you want to specify is that the two strings occur in the same order, you could use /$first.*$second/ which means: $first, possibly but not necessarily followed by other characters, then followed by $second, occuring somewhere within the string being examined. Joseph -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]