Re: if ( $in_string =~ /<HotelCode>$code/mgi || $in_string =~ /<mfResort>$code/mgi ) { I prefer if ( $in_string =~ /<(HotelCode|mfResort)>$code/mgi ) { Or a full XML parse. :) $0.02, j -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.pm.org/pipermail/omaha-pm/attachments/20100721/a22b3273/attachment.html>