First of all - Thank you very much.

I am wondering if there is a way to clear out the $& value that holds the value of the last successful match (which is what I think is being used, if its one of the other perl vars, please correct me).

If there is not a way around it, I will have to change more of the original code, but I was hoping that I could clear and or reset the perl var.

PS. I am aware that $& is described as READONLY, but there seems to be tricks for everything, I am hoping there is a trick for this as well. i.e. a match that will effectively clear the value?

the_Don
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In reply to Re: Re: Regular Expression gotchas ? by the_Don
in thread Regular Expression gotchas ? by the_Don

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