From: bearophileHUGS@... Date: 2008-01-26T20:54:56+09:00 Subject: Re: regular expression negate a word (not character) Paddy: > Try the answer here: > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/tutor/2003-August/024902.html But in the OP problem there can be variable-sized spaces in the middle... Bye, bearophile