open(FH,"$file1") or die " Could not open $file1!!! Here's why: $!"; push @array, ; close FH or die "Could not close $file1. Here's why: $!"; #### print $array[rand(@array)]; # just for you, meowchow :) #### sub openf{ my $file = shift; open(FH,$file) ||die"There's a problem! Here's what's up: $!"; my @array = ; close FH ||die"There's a problem! Here's what's up: $!"; @array=grep{$_ ne ""} @array; return @array; } push @array,openf("test2.txt"),openf("test.txt"); print $array[4]; #### $_.=($=+(6<<1));print(chr(my$a=$_));$^H=$_+$_;$_=$^H; print chr($_-39); # Easy but its ok.