Okay, in my real code I have a database filled with color codes that are available. All codes have the same open and close tag, with the close having /.

I'm iterating over my messages in a foreach() loop and splitting the messages up into individual data chunks (data, name, url, and message).

From here, I want to filter the message for color codes (which I'd probably push into an array.

my @array = qw(red blue orange);
$message =~ s///; # subs all occurences of [red]test[/red] or [blue] w
+oot! [/blue].

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A real world look at what the message might be: 

How [red]much would[red] could a wood [blue]huck chuck[blue]. If a [re
+d]wood chuch could chuck[/red] wood? All the wood that peter pan is m
+ade of.

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The output is pretty self explanatory which would be the real font color="red", color="blue" tags.

Code tags added by GrandFather

In reply to Re^4: guestbook font [colors] by Anonymous Monk
in thread guestbook font [colors] by Anonymous Monk

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