Hi Dunston, Dunstan Orchard wrote >Hi there, > >This is a tricky one I think. > >I have a collection of URLs, for example: > >http://story.news.yahoo.com/news/ >http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000C0FKA/ >http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/28945 >http://www.s-curverecords.com/joss/ >http://www.tenaciousd.com/ > >I need to get only the main domain names from this list, eg: > >yahoo.com >amazon.com >metafilter.com >s-curverecords.com >tenaciousd.com Not so tricky at all. Assuming that there are a set number of top-level domains (com, gov, net) and that there is a set number of characters (".", I think is the only one) that begin the TL name, do a string processing routine that looks for the "." and the TL domain such as "com". Take those four characters and all of the ones back to the ".". That should do it. Ken - Who wouldnot string you along. _________________________________________________________________ Cell phone ‘switch’ rules are taking effect — find out more here. http://special.msn.com/msnbc/consumeradvocate.armx