I agree it is idiomatic Perl which is why I tend to avoid it in answers to Monks who have yet to grasp the basics of scalar and array context. *Your code is good code* and I personally prefer one line that gets the job done to half a page. I tend towards trying to tailor answers to what I percieve the level of the poster is so I don't have to bother explaining idioms in detail. That is unless I am in a hurry or a smartass mood when I will post brief stuff like Re: Re: Re: Looking Through Arrays?

cheers

tachyon

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