note Old_Gray_Bear The Nutshell isn't used much a reference at home, but in a contract where they are still running Perl 5.8.x and can't upgrade, it's a God send. I have learned too many neo-perlisms from working with more current Perl's at home; so if I can't find it in the index in Nutshell, then I really can't use it in my for-pay code. (And yes, I know about <c>perl -f</c>, I just don't remember it as often.) <p> <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-290905"> <p> ----<br> I Go Back to Sleep, Now. <p> OGB </div></div> 1011175 1011194