From: ts Date: 2004-10-07T22:23:41+09:00 Subject: Re: Index of multiple similar strings >>>>> "R" == Robert Klemme writes: >> method, which caused some nasty memory hogging problems R> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ R> ??? Care to explain? You create a String object for each call, you don't have this problem with $~.begin(0) Guy Decoux