On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 08:53:10 -0500, Tim Chase <python.list at tim.thechases.com> wrote: >It looks like it's these periods that are throwing you off. Just >remove them. For a 3rd syntax: > > (\S)(\d{5}) > >the \S (capital, instead of "\s") is "any NON-white-space character" Thanks guys for the tips.