Hi. I'm trying to do a slice directly from a table so I can get a brief preview of the articles content by counting \s (spaces), not new paragraphs. Anyone know how it could be done using regular expressions natively? I read the doc but it didn't help me much. Many thanks. MP ______________________________________________________ Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings