Duh, yes of course. I was not escaping the backslashes themselves. Now it compiles, so I just need to refine it to do exactly what I want. Thanks! -- View this message in context: http://mono.1490590.n4.nabble.com/Regex-dosen-t-recognize-s-or-w-tp4665410p4665415.html Sent from the Mono - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com.