I'm pulling my hair out, this seems so simple. I need to check the variable $index$an. I'm looking for any of these... # MO (any two caps letters with a # and space first) #MO (same thing with no space) # mo #mo

Here's what I'm using...

if (($input[$an] =~ /^# [a-z]/) || ($input[an] =~ /^#[A-Z]/)|| ($input[an] =~ /^#[a-z]/)|| ($input[an] =~ /^# [A-Z]/)) { ... }

Problem is, even and IP address is matching as long as it has a # in front of it. Can't understand why this would match an ip.

In reply to Regex in if statemetn by finfan

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