While all the regexp experts have their ears perked up: Is there a way to match multiple words in a sentence in any order with one regexp? I.e. I have a configuration file that looks like so: label lines 12 the label is 40 characters wide print field piece name at row 2 column 23 print field piece description at column 13 and row 3 (Following Pragmatic Programmer's tips #20, 37, 52, 68, and 69 :-)) I would like to extract the parameter names and values whether row is before column (for instance), or someone wrote 'the number of lines on the label are 12'. Perhaps I'm being a little to flexible here? ADVthanksANCE! -- Regards, JJ Finally using a Mac!