On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 12:55 -0400, you wrote: > if ( /.*/ in "" ) > if ( /^.*$/ in "" ) Seems both should return True ... Robin -- Robin Sommer * Phone +1 (510) 722-6541 * robin at icir.org ICSI/LBNL * Fax +1 (510) 666-2956 * www.icir.org