Dan Muey wrote: > > if($c =~ m/0$|2$|4$|6$|8$/){ $c = $c - 3; }
A verbose way of saying: if($c =~ /[02468]$/){ $c -= 3 } Or: if(!($c % 2)){ $c -= 3 } :-) John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]