>>18oh crap kareha messed up my post...trying again...what about stuff like & & # 3 5 ; x 2 3 ;? the two regex version would turn that into #, the second would turn it into & # x 2 3 ;... and what if the user actually types & # 3 5 ;?
& & # 3 5 ; x 2 3 ;
#
& # x 2 3 ;
& # 3 5 ;