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<DIV><FONT color=#000080>A text document has special character strings
defined as "." + "set of characters" + ".". For example, ".sup." or
".quadbond." or ".degree." etc. The length of the characters between the
opening "." and closing "." is variable.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080>Assuming that you don't know beforehand all possible
special character strings, h</FONT><FONT color=#000080>ow do you find all such
character strings in the text document?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080>Dinesh</FONT></DIV>
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