Re^3: Searching for a word that may only exist in part

[mreece]

oh, i misunderstood, thinking only at the beginning or end of the 'find' sequence (1111 is the beginning (..and end..) of 11111).

the regexes are fixable (/(^$tail|$tail$)/ and same for $head?) easily enough.. i just wanted an excuse to use chop ;-)