Hello Michael, Your help's much appreciated. I've put together a script to help with testing my regexp - any flaws?

#!/usr/bin/perl
# imageregextest.plx
# To remove an image tag: /<IMG\s+([^>]+)>/ig or /<IMG\s+(.*)>/ig
# To remove anchor tag: /<[aA]\s+[hH][rR][eE][fF]=[^>]*>/
# Preamble: This program asks for a regular expression to be input, to
+ test for
# a match to an HTML image tag.
use warnings;
use diagnostics;
use strict;

$_ = '<IMG SRC="C:\Perl\HTMLworkspace\HTML practice\My First Page!\fir
+st.html\dicky.jpg" ALT="Dicky Mintos!"/> ';

print "Enter a regular expression: ";
my $pattern = <STDIN>;
chomp($pattern);

if(/$pattern/)
{
  print "The text matches the pattern $pattern.\n";
}
else
{
  print "'$pattern' was not found\n";
}
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Experimenting with regexp is fun, though hard-work (I was diagnosed dyslexic in June!)! Learning to hack, albeit slowly... Cheers, Richard