note IlyaM <code>foreach my $section ( @_ ) { ... }</code> doesn't copy value from @_ to $section. In the loop the variable $section is merely an alias to a currently selected element in @_ array. You can even modify @_ array by assigning a new value to $section. Example: <code> # adds 1 to all elements of array foreach my $elem (@arr) { $elem ++; } </code> -- Ilya Martynov, <a href="mailto:ilya@iponweb.net">ilya@iponweb.net</a> CTO IPonWEB (UK) Ltd Quality Perl Programming and Unix Support UK managed @ offshore prices - <a href="http://www.iponweb.net">http://www.iponweb.net</a> Personal website - <a href="http://martynov.org/">http://martynov.org</a> 268405 268414