Dear Monks, I am doing some text processing tasks. I need to check certain files for accuracy using my program. I also need the data to perform some aditional tasks. Here's my problem. I need to be able to find all instances of my required data(e.g. This is a fine day) and do something accordingly(e.g. put the data in an array). I am using matching and regexps to do this, but I need to ignore the minor spelling mistakes(i.e. This is a fine day, This is a fnie day) so that my program doesn't crash if there's a typo, but I also need to catch these typos and tell the user. Is there a regexp I can use to do this without complicating the code/logic too much? Thanks in advance for your help.

In reply to Ignoring spelling mistakes by manna45

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