note merlyn <blockquote><i> Try: <code> print qw(1 2 3)[0] </code> under 5.005 and 5.6. </i></blockquote> I presume you mean "try" as in "note that it won't even compile under 5.5". <p>-- <a href="http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/">Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker</a></p> 72671 72808