A person who acts as his own attorney has a fool for a client. That you are so convinced that this issue is not debatable illustrates that point exactly. EVERYTHING in law is debatable. That is the very premise behind modern law. A lesson you will soon be learning, methinks....

Play Wolf3d all day long!!

I have managed to avoid this convoluted mess for over 30 years. And with a little luck, when i die i will STILL not speak regex. .net string methods work just fine for me. About as fast for 90% of your needs and more readable for 100% of your needs. The 2 or 3 times i have actually needed the power of regex in 30 years, i just sub'd out that line of code. And rather than learning/debugging/banging head .... I went to the beach swilling cheap whiskey and chasing cheaper women. My advice to those who dont yet know regex....impress your peers with cheap whiskey and women and forget about the regex. Both make your head hurt....but one is less fun.....