Jethro_
Thanks! Yes and I wish Hawkee would put the 'cheat sheet' link for phpBB at the top or bottom of this page. Btw, remember the conversation we had like seven or seventy months ago concerning !$nick(#,$nick,vr) where its possible for the op to have voice? Also you see the shorter way to do (\S+)|(close) and note how your version places an extra file writing penalty on the harddrive as in:

on $*:text:/!(\S+)|(close)/S:#:{
  if !%t { 
    inc -u4 %t