note neophyte My service for German language perl beginners ;-)<br> While [Mastering Regular Expressions] is available in translation you might want to have a first short look at what RegEx can do for you in a short German article. <br>You can find that here: <a href="http://www.heise.de/ix/artikel/1998/11/178/">Regul&auml;re Ausdr&uuml;cke in Perl</a>.<br> Hope this helps. <p>neophyte</p> 962 962