newbie stuck in a HOA

Hi all, I have a flatfile database (falldata.tmp) that contains information about all the courses offered this includes: course number, course title, start date, day of week, location, html link, section number, fee1, fee2, and status. I have another file (cancel.txt) which contains a list of the

newbie with RE problem

Hi, perhaps someone could shed some light on this...here's what I'm trying to do: replace this pattern: Berkeley Instructor: with this: Berkeley Instructor: catch, Berkeley also appears elsewhere in file but I only want it changed if Instructor: follows here's the code that's not working: --