note Nkuvu <p>Personally like the method: <c>my ($foo) = $var =~ /^.*$/</c></p> <p>It's the "I don't care what was there, but now I'm sure it's safe" untaint method. And it looks more impressive than <c>my $foo = 1</c>.<br /> &lt;/tongue_in_cheek&gt;</p> 516577 516577