ummm, yes, that's correct. Putting it in the "for" loop lets me "last" out of the loop, skipping everything else in the block. ie

for (1){

  # if we get results, call "last" which ejects us from the block
  last if @results = blah('"for"'); 

  # same again
  last if @results = blah('"for"');

  @results = blah('"for');
  last; # a final last so we don't loop forever if we don't get any re
+sults.
}
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cheers,

J