On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 11:03:03PM -0500, Rod Adams wrote: > If you insist on using A and Z, at least make them \A and \Z, to give a > stronger visual cue that something different is happening.
Some other ideas ... ^A..^Z Too confusing with $^A and $^Z ? ^A..^? Well, if control-A is the alpha, then control-? is the natural omega :-) ^..$ Borrowing from REs ^..^-1 ^ becomes something like $[. Indices "before" it come from the end of the array. <..> start from the little end and move to the other er ... little end After typing these I can see why Larry likes A and Z so much. -Scott -- Jonathan Scott Duff [EMAIL PROTECTED]