Carey Fisher - NCS ncsradio.com> writes: > Iish reallyish loveish Russellsish decriptionish ofish > approximateish solutionish toish designish problemsish. > He'sish soish preciseish andish consistentish aboutish usingish > approximateish valuesish heish almost soundsish likeish > aish chefish addingish aish littleish ofish thisis andish > aish littleish ofis thatish toish theish octopusish stewish. > Iish canish useish serveralish ofish hisish designish > ideasish forish myish currentish customerish. Maybeish aish > resistorish hereish andish aish resistorish thereish. Hereish > aish capish, thereish aish capish, everwhereish aish capish. Took me a while to understand that there is an actual message in this. Very funny response! here is the perl script to read the message above: [code] #!/usr/local/bin/perl open $IN, "<", "c:/tmp/russels.txt" or die "Cannot open input file"; while (<$IN>) { s/ish($)/$1/; s/ish([\., ])/$1/g; print; }; close IN; [/code] Sergey -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist