note japhy In regards to: <ul> <li> The end tag specifier must follow the << without any intermediate space. <li> The actual end tag must be exactly the same as specified in the introduction line. <li> The introduction line must end with a semicolon. </ul> only the middle is correct. The only time the tag specifier must immediately follow the <c><<</c> is when it isn't quoted. That is, <c><< "FOO"</c> is ok whereas <c><< FOO</c> is not. And as for the semicolon, the truth of that matter is that the <c><< "XXX"</c> is merely a placeholder for a quoted string and the rest of the expression its in must continue to flow naturally. <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-1936"> <hr/> Jeff <tt><font color="#0000ff">[japhy]</font></tt> Pinyan, [id://371157|P.L., P.M., P.O.D, X.S.]: <a href="http://japhy.perlmonk.org/modules/">Perl</a>, <a href="http://japhy.perlmonk.org/modules/Regexp-Parser/">regex</a>, and <a href="http://lists.perl.org/showlist.cgi?name=perl5-porters"><tt>perl</tt></a> <a href="http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?query=hacker">hacker</a> <br> <i>How can we ever be the sold short or the cheated, we who for every service have long ago been overpaid? ~~ <b>Meister Eckhart</b></i> </div></div> 401006 401006