note mendeepak <p> Check this code <code> $_ = "Twinkle twinkle little star"; $n = m/twinkle/i; print "Number of occurences = $n\n"; while(/twinkle/ig) { $count++; } print "Found $count times\n"; </code> i am still searching why your code is not working!!! q</p> 960264 960264