Bingo! It is exactly what I needed. Thanks. James O'Kane wrote: > I haven't tested it, but I think you want something like this: > > $foo =~ s/[^A-Za-z]+//g; > > -james > > _______________________________________________ > wplug mailing list > wplug at wplug.org > http://www.wplug.org/mailman/listinfo/wplug