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John,

Thanks:

1. It felt funny doing it, but it seemed to work, so I left it.

2. Just to clarify: The first time through the loop, $la[0] contains "Medina, OH", then I do a split /\,\s*/, $la[0] and assign it back into @la, so now $la[0] should contain "Medina" and $la[1] should contain "OH". Second time through the loop, I select "5", $la[0] gets assigned into the hash, and I shift, which should bump "Medina" out, and put "OH" at $la[0].

Scott