note ultibuzz <p>i need them in an array so i adjusted ur code like this<br><code>my @rows; my %seen; while (<IN>) { chomp; my ($ele0, $ele1, undef) = split ';', $_, 3; push @rows,"$ele0;$ele1;$file_date" if !$seen{"$ele0;$ele1;$file_date"}++; } close(IN);</code><br> and waht shoud i say AWSOME, from 203 seconds down do around 11 seconds,great so no over hours in office needed ;)<br>thx alot.<br><br>kd ultibuzz</p> 629773 629780