note NetWallah <code> use strict; my $TMTOWTDI = "There IS more than one way to do it"; my $MeaningfulVariableName = "Is another way"; $MeaningfulVariableName =0, "And if you get creative, even more"; *SomeOtherWayToSayIt = *MeaningfulVariableName ; SomeSubroutine($MeaningfulVariableName , "Extra arg used as a comment"); </code> I'm sure there are other creative ways to do it - I'm not recommending any of this - it's just that this node invited a challenge. 284175 289547