Yea that dosent work, besides the fact that it's twice as convoluted as my original snippet. Mine was simple and it worked. Yours is complicated and (at least to a beginner) looks like gobbledegook. I am not trying to insult you, as i have great respect for you and the other "Elder Coders"® lol. Nor am i ungrateful for your help. But as was stated when i started this account: I write simple snippets for beginners. My dialogs are simple and not very populous. This is not for lack of knowledge. I know quite a bit about mSL, but to the majority of "regular" users, things like $regex (btw, why is everyone on here stuck on $regex?) are useless and far too advanced. I script for the little guys, and for now, that's not gonna change. :P