Thank you FoxtrotUniform. In a short while i will be traveling 300 or so miles to meet with a client who has an application that is ... "not quite stylish". ;) This was the first post i read this morning and it has served as a reminder for me to not mention this to the client as we work to fix it's ... "unique quirks" this afternoon. This is a good attitude to maintain for all code, not just Perl - however, we are extremely fortunate to have this community. While it is easier to put down someone's code, it can more rewarding <cough>$$</cough> to work with it rather than against it. Cheers! :)

jeffa

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
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(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)