On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, Chris Santerre wrote: > > Usually write it like, /(f|ph)ot0|(f|ph)0to/i >
Minor perl technicality, use the 'non rembering' version of the grouping operator, (?: ... ). As you probably aren't going to interpolate the match in a backreference, don't waste the CPU and memory to 'remember' it. Thus write your pattern as: /(?:f|ph)ot0|(?:f|ph)0to/i -- Dave Funk University of Iowa <dbfunk (at) engineering.uiowa.edu> College of Engineering 319/335-5751 FAX: 319/384-0549 1256 Seamans Center Sys_admin/Postmaster/cell_admin Iowa City, IA 52242-1527 #include <std_disclaimer.h> Better is not better, 'standard' is better. B{ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Parasoft Error proof Web apps, automate testing & more. Download & eval WebKing and get a free book. www.parasoft.com/bulletproofapps1 _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk