On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Arie Folger wrote: > > s/bc(?{if (/e/){$a = "hi"}else{$a = "HI"}})e/bc${a}e/;
you have a question mark after a nothing, as far as perl is concerned. if you intended to match to "bc", then possibly a "(" then write bc\(? otherwise, the paranthesis use to define the vars $1, $2, etc. -- Orna. | http://tx.technion.ac.il/~agmon The trouble with a kitten is that Eventually, it becomes a cat. --Ogden Nash ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]