The best one I have found is the boost library regex. www.boost.org Ken _____ From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sean Farrow Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 2:07 AM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: regular expressions in c++ Hi: What is the best library/way of doing regular expressions in c++. I need to find any string that contains "..." Any help apreciated. Sean.