note muba I am fully aware of the fact that <code>m/[Jj][Aa][Vv][Aa]/</code> sucks like hell. I just needed a "complex" regex which had a clear goal, in order to demonstrate multi-lining regexes. But I'll add a note: don't try this at home :) <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-333489"> <BR><BR><BR><BR> <CODE>"2b"||!"2b";$$_="the question"</CODE><BR> Besides that, my code is untested unless stated otherwise.<BR> One more: please review the [id://383015|article about regular expressions (do's and don'ts) I'm working on]. </div></div> 383015 442769