note merlyn As soon as someone asks a question about what part needs explaining, yes. <p> I didn't use anything that wasn't also in <i>Learning Perl</i>. Regex match, hash assignment, <tt>.=</tt> operator, <tt>@ARGV</tt> array, array in scalar context. <p> <b>Nothing tricky going on here!</b> <p>-- <a href="http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/">Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker</a></p> 36725 46456