>>>>> "Rich" == Rich Morin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Rich> On occasion, I have found it useful to cobble up a "little language" Rich> that allows me to generate a list of items, using a wild-card or some Rich> other syntax, as: Rich> foo[0-9][0-9] yields foo00, foo01, ... Rich> I'm wondering whether Perl should have a similar capability, using REs. Well, here's a cheap way: my @list = glob ('foo{0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}{0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}'); :-) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!