I just went though a very simmilar situaton, on my first post, nonetheless. I took offense to a comment another user made on my question, though I came to realize that had I been in the shoes of ikegami, I would have responded to my code the same way, it was an eyesore and needed the criticism. Maybe it was because of the stressful day I'd had, but it was still no excuse for me to lash out, and my sudden drop in XP was definitely warrented. Like you said, basicdez, no one is here to make me feel bad about coding, and the insight provided by more battle hardened veterans is invaluable to newbies like myself. Hopefully someday I can be the one to give advice, and until then, I'll be sure not to take anything too personally and absorb as much as I can. I'm very grateful to be part of a like-minded community of perl coders.

Thank you for helping me see the light,

tom10animal

Tom "Turkey" Schaffer ( : >~