note VSarkiss <p><blockquote><c>/[[:alpha:]]/</c> do not work in perl ...</blockquote> Hrm? POSIX character classes work just fine in Perl, and have for a long time. Take a look at [perldoc://perlre].</p> <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-72267"> <p><small><i>[id://149675|Do not rebuke them with harsh words ... but rather lead them gently - with URLs - so that they may learn wisdom.]</i></small></p> </div></div> 555800 555817