note MeowChow Your first one can go down to 121: <code> sub state{ grep$_[0]eq$_,'WVTNHINMSCORIDCAKSDE WIALAR MNCTX NVAZ'=~/(?=(\w\w))/g,'FLGAILKTKYMAMDMEMIMOMTNDNENJNYOHOKPAUTWAWY'=~/../g } </code> ... or you could have just taken the easy route by converting the && into an &. <pre> <a href="/index.pl?node=MeowChow"> MeowChow </a> s aamecha.s a..a\u$&owag.print</pre> 86047 86101