Iain King wrote: > steven = re.compile("Ste(v|ph|f|ff)(e|a)n") > steven = ["Steven", "Stephen", "Stefen", "Steffen", "Stevan", > "Stephan", "Stefan", "Steffan"] > > I know which I'd rather type. 'Course, if you can use a ready-built > list of names... Oh I agree, I'd rather *type* the former, but I'd rather *read* the latter. :)