I want to replace all instances of ~someString~
in a larger string with <i>someString</i> I tried the following statement: $string =~ s/\~.*\~/<i>.*<\/i>/g; But what I get is a bunch of the following as the replacements: <i>.*</i> How do I retain the original .* in the replacement? Thanks -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/