note Polyglot I appreciate the link, but that resource only tells how to work with a known quantity. I need to be able to match a variable number, conditional upon its relative value when compared to another number. In essence, I need to match based on the comparison result. <p> For example, how would one do something like this? <code> $string = "I have 5 apples, 6 oranges, and 8 limes."; #Match the oranges only if they are more than the apples #and fewer than the limes. $string =~ m/(\d+)\sapples.*(\d+)\soranges.*(\d+)\slimes(?{if (($1<$2) && ($2<$3))})/g; </code> If I had something like that I could then plug in $var for $2. <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-644375"> <p>Blessings, <p><i>~Polyglot~</i> </div></div> 996728 996746