Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!math.lsa.umich.edu!emv From: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl Subject: subroutine to return signature of netnews article ? Message-ID: Date: 8 Mar 90 22:32:40 GMT Sender: news@math.lsa.umich.edu Organization: University of Michigan Math Dept., Ann Arbor MI. Lines: 10 Has anyone done this one yet? Assuming @article is an array with the lines of the news article in it, I'm looking for @signature = &getsignature(@article); to understand not just the most common convention (/^-- $/) but others in general use. $sig{'emv@math.lsa.umich.edu'}, --Ed