note krusty The sample code you have given only contains one element in the array. Is that what you really meant?<BR> <BR> The following code should work to get rid of any whitespace characters (tab, newline, form feed, literal space, carraige return) in the elements of your array:<BR> <CODE> foreach (@test){ s/\s+//g; } </CODE> Good luck,<BR> Kris 351497 351497