in reply to using 'my'
You don't have to 'use strict' but it certainly helps you catch those hard to see errors.
I often use strict and declare my variables global.
#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my($dummy1,$dummy2,$dummy3); ...Kind of lazy, but I can use the variables everywhere in the script and I still catch the errors. Heffa K
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