<font face="courier new,monospace">The subject line may not say it properly, but I need<br>a _single_ (because of other constraints) s/// statement<br>that effectively performs the following:<br><br>If the string doesn't start with a hyphen and end with colon,<br>

then I want them added.<br><br>ie:<br><br>stuff   => -stuff:<br>-stuff  => -stuff:<br>stuff:  => -stuff:<br>-stuff: => -stuff:<br></font>