roland hellström wrote: > > OK! I finally figured out the solution for all you people out > the eager to hear it!!! > it was infact very very similar to the last line I sent... this is it > sed 's/\([^\.]*\).\([^,]*\),\([^\.]*\).\([^e]*\)e\(.*\)/\1,\2 > \& $\3,\4 \\cdot 10^{\5}$\\\\/' > > omg I feel so h4xx0r figuring that out myself lol > Thx for the help all :) I am surprised you got it all in 1 regex, I was aiming more for: sed 's/,/ & /;s/\./,/;s/\(.*\)e\(.*\)/\1 \\cdot 10^{\2}/' -Ross ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof.