note Anonymous Monk <p> There is nothing unclear (or evil, odd ) about your statement :) My <i>small critic</i> was not about clarity, but style -- perlishness <P> "if no arguments" is more natural, its perlish <p> If you feel like putting a number on it, you might say "if zero arguments" , but it doesn't follow the code <c> if( @ARGV == 0 ) if numarg is zero if( 0 == @ARGV ) if zero is numargv </c> 1005185 1005231 2