Yes. But map brings me memories of the times I got to know the PERL magic, and more than 1 way to do it. If I use for or foreach, I feel like I use TCL/Python, and not enjoying an experience unique to PERL. map seems, to me, as more decidedly PERLISH that for. It's a personal thing, and this is why I have said that it is a personal prefernce (unless there is a performance consideration).