in reply to More regex's with hex's

Why regex when you can CPAN :)
use CGI::Lite print url_decode("C%3A%5CMy%20Documents%5CMy%20Pictures%5Cbodmin1.jpg" +); __output__ C:\My Documents\My Pictures\bodmin1.jpg
See. CGI::Lite for more info.
HTH

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broquaint