Look at the second paragraph, I think it has what you are looking for. http://www.regular-expressions.info/ _____ From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Paul Mooring Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 8:25 AM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: RegEx question This is probably a really obvious question but how can I match everything up to a character not including that character with regex? For example: person@email.tld => person me@here.com => me