note dragonchild You might have to consult [http://www.microsoft.com/vbasic/|the Dark Gods] to get this answer. I don't know if Perl-fu is strong enough for this. (Though, of course, [BrowserUk|the White Knight] will disagree with me.) <p>In addition, this might require a stronger sacrifice than just a chicken. You might have to sacrifice a whole goat for this one. Though, personally, I'd start with a white dove and increase the sacrifice as needed. <p>In case you don't remember the sacrificial hierarchy, it's: <ol> <li>mice <li>rats <li>white doves <li>cats <li>black doves <li>non-purple dogs <li>non-red chickens <li>purple dogs <li>red chickens <li>sheep <li>white goats <li>small children with birthmarks <li>black goats <li>small children without birthmarks </ol> <p><i>(This response is meant completely in humor. I have no idea what nbstat does, let alone how to get Perl to play with it. The opportunity was too good not to take.) <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-85580"> <p>------ <br><i>We are the carpenters and bricklayers of the Information Age.</i> <p><i>The idea is a little like C++ templates, except not quite so brain-meltingly complicated.</i> -- [TheDamian], Exegesis 6 <p><i>... strings and arrays will suffice. As they are easily available as native data types in any sane language, ...</i> - [blokhead], speaking on [298877|evolutionary algorithms] <p>Please remember that I'm crufty and crochety. All opinions are purely mine and all code is untested, unless otherwise specified. </div></div> 298941 298941