> > You need to anchor your regex. Your regex is matching '!!' because it > is matching an exclamation point followed by zero or more non > exclamation-point characters anywhere in the string. > > Thus the first '!' is matching the regex, and the second '!' is outside > of your match.
yep, forgot to anchor the string. Thanks for your help!! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>