tab: huh? HUH tab: bleah 9.9 is a number. 989 will NOT match 9-point-9 (where I REALLY mean .). mistery will match this will NOT match: misteer this WILL match mistyr this will NOT match: mistrust so will this: unmistarious here is how you type a newline in a double quoted string: \n 9.9\mistarted MATCHES(0 tabs btwn): oil change12.99 MATCHES(1 tab btwn): oil change 12.99 MATCHES(2 tabs btwn): oil change 12.99 MATCHES(5 tabs btwn): oil change 12.99 NO MATCH(blank btwn): oil change 12.99 NO MATCH(blank AND tab btwn): oil change 12.99 OOPS ---- note that THIS matches, too: oil change 12999 NO MATCH(HAS to be a tab...):oil changed12.99