Hey tilly!
thanks (for the fix and the plural i LIKE regexen as a word), i think i was getting google eyed trying to figure that out.. i was relatively sure it involved my not specifying the negassert correctly but i just continually woofed it! regexen are one way to kill your eyesight ;)

after a while they look like /{][P)(*^8(*(/ over and over :)
p.s. still like the multfor "loop" you clued me in on (still studying it cause it's a cool hack!)

Mucho gracias!
madams.