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Thanks a lot for everybodies input. I'm not sure why the chomp function was not working correctly but it is working correctly now which solved most of the other problems I was having. I have one more question... Is there a way to match words with double letters.. ex keenness or mississippi? Also is there a way to match words that are in alphabetical order.. ex abby or abit? Thanks so much for your help. =0)

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Re: Re: Re: Regular Expression
by antirice (Priest) on May 19, 2003 at 07:59 UTC
    For double letters: 
    if ($word =~ /(.)\1/) ...

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    All letters in alphabetical order (not regex): 
    if (lc($word) eq join "", sort split //, lc($word));

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