note Punitha <p>Hi</p> <p>If you want the content in between 'begin' and 'end process' means try like this,</p> <c> use strict; my $string ='hfkjd process jhk start begin output1 output2 end process scrap hkl process khfk shoot hooter begin output3 end process'; while($string=~/\bbegin((?:(?!end process).)*)end process/sg){ print "IN:$1\n"; } </c> <p>or tell us clearly what you really need and what you tried so far?</p> <p>Punitha</p> 723383 723383