note hardburn <P><em>it is possible to give one variable multiple values, including undef?</em></p> <P>Yes. In fact, it's already done that way in Perl5, though you can't access the data directly from pure Perl (I believe there are XS modules that can do it).</p> <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-195718"> <p>"There is no shame in being self-taught, only in not trying to learn in the first place." -- Atrus, <i>Myst: The Book of D'ni</i>.</p> </div></div> 394269 394316